sept11b.indd C&RL News September 2011 498 Ed. note: Send your news to: Grants & Acquisitions, C&RL News, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; e-mail: agalloway@ala.org. LYRASIS and the HBCU Library Alliance were awarded a $600,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to develop and support effective library leadership at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Three leadership development programs have been completed via the LY- RASIS-HBCU Library Alliance partnership, reaching senior library staff at 51 HBCUs. This new grant award provides the funding need- ed to build on previous successes and further strengthen HBCU libraries through Phase IV of the program, which will include: updat- ing and teaching the Leadership Institute, a nine-month series of mentoring, coaching, and face-to-face and Web-based classes for a new group of HBCU librarians; continuing a staff exchange program with host sites from the Association of Southeastern Research Li- braries (ASERL) and HBCU Library Alliance; providing a conference and mini-grants to selected HBCUs to strengthen service quality through implementation of effective assess- ment strategies; providing programs for cur- rent library deans and directors to help foster staff and leadership development locally; and developing a plan for post-grant sustainabil- ity of the Leadership Program. Phase IV of the Leadership Program is a two-year project that began July 2011. The University of North Texas (UNT) Librar- ies and UNT’s College of Information have received more than $800,000 in grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Ser- vices (IMLS) to address the challenges of curating and preserving digital information and new requirements from the National Science Foundation and other agencies that fund university research on long-term management of research data for possible G r a n t s a n d A c q u i s i t i o n sAnn-Christe Galloway review and use by future researchers and scholars. The first IMLS grant of $624,663 is for a three-year project to create four grad- uate-level courses in digital curation and data management. The first two courses will be taught during the summer of 2012. All four courses will be taught beginning in the summer of 2013. The second IMLS grant of $226,786 will fund a two-year in- vestigation of the new roles, knowledge, and skills that will be required of library and information science professionals to successfully manage research data cited in articles in scholarly journals, not just the publications. Acquisitions The Irwin T. and Shirley Holtzman Collec- tion of Israeli Literature has been gifted to the Michigan State University (MSU) Librar- ies and the Jewish Studies Program in MSU’s College of Arts and Letters. Notable for both its breadth and depth, the collection cov- ers Israeli literature from the earliest days of statehood in 1948 up to the present. Many of the volumes of fiction, poetry, and drama are inscribed by the author. Literary journals and literary criticism were also collected. The Holtzman Collection represents many years of passionate work by Irwin Holtzman, a Detroit-area builder and business owner. Holtzman began collecting books seriously in 1950. Architecture was his first focus, and fiction followed soon after. At one point, he actively collected as many as 350 different authors. Holtzman’s collection of Israeli lit- erature was inspired by a 1973 visit to Israel, and signaled a special focus on contempo- rary work, as he told Nicholas Basbanes in an interview for Basbanes’ book, A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books. He was a dedi- September 2011 499 C&RL News cated supporter of Israeli authors, providing financial assistance for translations and liter- ary efforts. His various collections are now housed at institutions as diverse as the Brit- ish Library, the University of Illinois, and the Hoover Institution. A collection from psychologist Albert El- lis (1913–2007), founder of the precursor to cognitive behavioral therapy, Rational Emo- tive Behavior Therapy (REBT), has been ac- quired by Columbia University’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The collection in- cludes manuscripts, personal correspon- dence, and documents from the Ellis estate. In Ellis’ approach, patients were taught to eliminate self-defeating thoughts while fo- cusing on those that were beneficial and self-accepting. The author of more than 80 books, including such bestsellers as How to Live with a Neurotic, Sex Without Guilt, and How to Control Your Anxiety Before It Con- trols You. Ellis was voted the second most influential 20th century psychotherapist, behind Carl Rogers but above Sigmund Freud, who ranked third. A collection of images of Ulysses S. Grant has been acquired by the Ulysses S. Grant Association, housed at Mississippi State University’s Mitchell Memorial Library. The gift was from retired Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice and long-time president of the Grant Association Frank J. Williams and his wife, Virginia. The donation, in its initial phase, consists of 30 framed prints of Ulysses S. Grant dating back into the 19th century. Included are rare imprints show- ing the former general and president in a variety of poses and also include scenes of his birthplace and likenesses of his mili- tary colleagues in the Civil War. Especially noteworthy is a rare copy of a massive book of photographs of Grant’s funeral, entitled Seven Mile Funeral Cortege, attached to an even rarer brass holder. The holder and book were placed for viewing in the parlors of elite late 19th- and early 20th-century Americans. Justice and Mrs. Williams are noted collec- tors, and they recently acquired this collec- tion from Grant image expert Jim Bultema of Arizona, the treasurer of the Grant As- sociation. MSU President Mark E. Keenum (right) poses for a photograph with MSU Provost and Executive Vice-President Jerry Gilbert (center) and Ulysses S. Grant Association Executive Director and Managing Editor John Marszalek. Marszalek holds one of the Grant prints that is new to the collection.