Grants

Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries have received a pair of grants supporting Tennessee America 250 initiatives from the Tennessee Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial. The funding, made available by the state of Tennessee, is administered by the Tennessee State Museum in support of statewide America 250 activities. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries have received a prestigious National Leadership Grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. The award, valued at more than $121,000, was made through the IMLS’ Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program.  Read More

Generative AI will play a key role in three new campus projects being developed thanks to early-stage funding from the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries’ Digital Lab. Read More

The Wikimedia Foundation has awarded Vanderbilt University a grant to advance WikiCite among information professionals. WikiCite is a “Wikimedia initiative to develop open citations and linked bibliographic data to serve free knowledge.” The grant will fund a training program titled “WikiCite for Librarians: Interactive Learning Pathways for Information Professionals.” The… Read More

The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation has awarded a Research Libraries Grant to the Special Collections Library to complete the preservation and archival processing of the important performing arts collection of Delia Zapata Olivella. The $20,000 award will fund the processing of Zapata Olivella’s archive over nine months. The resulting… Read More

The Heard Libraries have been awarded a grant from the Latin Americanist Research Resources Project (LARRP) for a pilot project to digitize and preserve the audiotapes of the Manuel Zapata Olivella Collection. The tapes represent a collection of interviews of Colombians from all regions about their heritage and traditions,… Read More