Grants and Scholarships
2010 Grants
The Friends of the SMU Libraries Grants Committee met on April 27, 2010 to review grant proposals submitted by the libraries. The committee was chaired by Judy McMillin and included Valentina Doyon, Joanne Pratt and Harold Stanley. Amy Carver was ex-officio. The following grants were approved by the committee:
$8,000
Central University Libraries
Purchase a digital microforms scanner for Fondren Library Center.
$4,000
DeGolyer Library
Add to the Colophon Collection of modern American literature.
$3,750
Central University Libraries
Archive Capital Fee for the JSTOR Health and General Sciences Collection.
$3,000
CUL Development
Challenge grant for the Fall 2010 CUL Telephony telemarketing campaign.
$3,000
DeGolyer Library and the SMU Archives
Pilot project to digitize the earliest years of the student newspaper, The Campus
$2,350
Hamon Arts Library
Acquire a facsimile of the Códice Murúúa.
$1,500
DeGolyer Library Photography Department
Purchase Civil War photographs.
$1,500
Hamon Arts Library
Digitization of audio recordings.
$1,500
Jerry Bywaters Special Collections of the Hamon Arts Library
Conservation of 36 works of art on paper by noted Texas regionalist artist Merritt Mauzey.
$200
Central University Libraries
Purchase the American Library Association's Read DVD
Amount of grants: $28,800
Grants approved for yearly distribution:
$3,000
Central University Libraries
Assist in funding the production of the CUL annual report publication.
$2,000
Library School Scholarship Award
This year's scholarship recipient is Emily Grubbs.
$500
SMU Libraries
Support the Effective Use of Information Technology Staff Award
$500
SMU Libraries
Support the Employee of the Year Staff Award
TOTAL of all 2010 grants: $34,800
