Part 5: Fundraising Because many significant jazz collections are in the hands of small cultural institutions — like local historical societies — or individual collectors, these collections are infrequently available for use, or even known of, by researchers. As an institution with capacity for digitizing and hosting digital content, UNT could explore fundraising opportunities to support making such collections accessible. The very time-consuming nature of grant writing would necessitate professional support. Steps in this phase: • Hire a grant writer and/or development officer. • Seek funding from individuals and funding agencies that support library projects (such as the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Council on Library and Information Resources, and the National Endowment for the Humanities) to secure long-term support for the Jazz Syndicate. Part 6: Long-Term Growth and Sustainability To build an effective platform that will fully support the ongoing success of the Jazz Syndicate, we must be poised for continuous growth. The returns on the fundraising in Phase 5 — most especially from grants — will help us to build an endowment that can be used for external grants to institutions unable to fund digitization themselves, further acquisition of tangible jazz collections for UNT, and house, describe and digitize new materials. Phase 6 will secure the future of the project while creating a home for materials that could only be made available with the support that the Jazz Syndicate will provide. Steps in this phase: • Develop protocols and practices for collectors to donate materials to UNT for digitization, lend such materials for digitization or contribute already digitized materials to the Jazz Syndicate. • Provide grants for independent collectors and institutions to send their materials to UNT for digitization. • Acquire new collections through gift and purchase. • Organize and digitize new materials, including those produced annually by the Jazz Studies program. • Create open educational resources using materials from the Jazz Syndicate to facilitate the study of jazz for curricular needs.
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