Multi-Volume Sets Project (MVS) ARCHIVE: Checklist of Application Criteria
A freely circulating collection of Japanese resources held in over 35 institutions nationally. Containing near 42,000 items in all fields of Japanese studies. Principally funded by the Japan-US Friendship Commission.
Titles proposed by institutions with annual Japanese language acquisitions budgets of less than $10,000 will qualify for 80% funding of the purchase price. Shipping and handling costs are fully covered by Japan Publications Trading Company, Ltd., MVS’s co-funder and project manager in Japan.
Titles proposed by all other institutions will qualify for 75% funding of the purchase price if NO CIRCULATING COPY of the title is available in the US.
Funding assistance will be considered at the 50% level for titles of which no more than one circulating copy exists in the US, providing that sufficient funds are available.
Fully-published sections of very large sets not yet published in their entirety will be considered for funding at the 50% level so long as the applicant makes a commitment to purchase the rest of entire sections with or without MVS support.
The final decision about grants is at the discretion of the MVS Committee based on a number of factors, including the number of applications received, the total cost of titles to be supported, and the characteristics of the institutions applying.
