[4] The grant application was submitted due to the need for more employees to engage in work in the library and archives, such as hiring more interns and allowing for more full-time workers as well as bringing more accessibility to the collection.

This grant also included the archives of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA), which have been housed in Bok Tower Gardens since 1993.

A formal agreement to this housing was made between the two parties in 2012, which required only minimal processing of the GCNA archives.

In addition to these books, the library also house 900 volumes of trade journals devoted to various aspects of carillon art and related industries.

The library also has 3,000 audio and video recordings, musical scores for keyboard instruments, and various documents relating to carillon concerts and biographies.

[2] Finally, the library includes information on North American and foreign carillons, individuals, and bell foundries.