Resources for Libraries
The offerings in the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings collection are the ultimate addition to your library, museum, school, archive, or research facility. Choose from over 4,000 titles and over 65,000 tracks on the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings family of labels, all with original music, recorded sound, and liner notes.
Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries
Stream Smithsonian Folkways in your library or classroom. The Smithsonian Institution has collaborated with Alexander Street Press to create Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries. Academic and public library patrons everywhere can search the database by country, culture group, artist, instrument, genre, record label, and other thesaurus-controlled fields-then click and listen to the music over the Internet.
Users can search and listen in the library or from their homes; create personal playlists; listen to themed playlists; and more. Instructors can create course folders and put tracks on digital course reserve. Research into history, geography, literature, cultural diversity, and other subject areas will be expanded with the addition of the music. Public libraries serving diverse populations can offer music from more than 160 countries around the world.
Prices and packages are scaled to make the music affordable for every library type and size. For more information, visit Smithsonian Global Sound® for Libraries
Standing Order Program
Receive 20% off
Join the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Library/University Standing Order Program and receive 20% discount off new releases. Once you sign up, we take care of everything else. Each new release will be automatically rushed to you via FedEx. (Approximately two new releases per month.)
Enroll Now
To enroll, please email smithsonianfolkways@si.edu or call 202-633-6450 .