The university of memphis university libraries, in collaboration with tenn share will create and implement a title II accessibility implementation toolkit (title II toolkit) for tennessee libraries

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the University of Memphis $209,510 on September 1, 2026, under the National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312) to create and implement a Title II Accessibility Implementation Toolkit for Tennessee libraries.

The University of Memphis Libraries, in collaboration with TENN-SHARE, will develop a web-based toolkit to address compliance with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which imposes cost-prohibitive and time-intensive remediation requirements on libraries. The toolkit will include Title II training resources and guidance tailored to librarians' needs and vetted by legal and accessibility experts. The project draws on the Digital Lending Toolkit from the Boston Library Consortium as a foundation. Performance occurs in Memphis, Tennessee, with a period of performance extending through August 31, 2028.

The immediate beneficiaries are the more than 600 academic, school, public, and special library members of TENN-SHARE, a nonprofit membership organization that serves as Tennessee's sole purchasing consortium for all library types. The web-based toolkit will address the challenges and opportunities faced by Tennessee libraries seeking Title II compliance, with results intended for wide adoption, adaptation, and replication across the library field.

Title II is a recent update to the americans with disabilities act that requires compliance and remediation, which is often cost-prohibitive and time-intensive for libraries. This project will research and implement a web-based title II toolkit to address the challenges and opportunities faced by tennessee libraries seeking compliance with title II. The title II toolkit draws inspiration from and builds upon the digital lending toolkit from the boston library consortium. The immediate beneficiaries of the grant will be the more than 600 academic, school, public and special library members of tenn-share, a nonprofit membership organization for libraries that serves as tennessee's only purchasing consortium for all library types. The intended results are a web-based toolkit with title II training resources and guidance tailored to the needs of librarians that have been vetted by legal and accessibility experts.