Friends of the SMU Libraries/Colophon

Grants 2011

The Friends of the SMU Libraries Grants Committee met on April 25, 2011 to review grant proposals submitted by the libraries. The committee was chaired by Pamalla Anderson and included Diana Grumbles, Shannon Jarrett and Marjorie Swann. Amy Carver was ex-officio. The following grants were approved by the committee:

$7,040 to the Hamon Arts Library to fully fund and complete the holdings of the New Dutch Hollstein series of print catalogs for the Hamon Arts Library reference collection.

$5,598 to the Business Information Center for a one-year subscription of both the Social Science Edition and the Science Edition of Journal Citation Reports (JCR).

$3,000 to the SMU Archives to transcribe oral history interviews conducted under the auspices of the SMU Women’s Club.

$2,000 to the G. William Jones Film and Video Collection at the Hamon Arts Library to fund the processing and organization of existing local television archival materials for improved preservation and access.

$1,500 to the DeGolyer Library to add to the Colophon Collection of modern American literature.

$1,500 to the DeGolyer Library Prints & Photography Department to purchase Civil War photographs.

Amount of grants: $20,638

Grants approved for yearly distribution:

$3,000 to CUL to assist in funding the production of the CUL annual report publication.

$500 to the SMU Libraries to support the Effective Use of Information Technology Staff Award

$500 to the SMU Libraries to support the Employee of the Year Staff Award

TOTAL of all 2011 grants: $24,638