Submitting a title for prescreening is easy. All the applying institution must do before submitting a title for prescreening is to conduct a full bibliographic search of the title or titles to determine their uniqueness within North American collections. Institutions that have completed that preliminary search before October 26, 2009 may then submit their chosen titles to the MVS Committee for an early pre-application review and extended search of volumes not yet cataloged.
The prescreening process helps avoid the work and disappointment of application rejection due to set duplication and also helps prevent the submission of duplicate applications for the same title in the same year. While prescreening is not required for MVS application, institutions that submit titles for prescreening will have priority over other institutions that may wish to apply for the same title but which only apply in the final round.
Titles for duplicate screening should be sent following the required format to MVS co-chair Sanae Isozumi
sisozumi@ucsd.edu by
October 26, 2009. An email survey of the major North American collections will then be conducted to verify the uniqueness of proposed titles and the results will be forwarded to the potential applicants who may then complete a full MVS application.
Please note that an application for prescreening is NOT the same as an application for an MVS grant.
An institution must also submit a full MVS application to receive an MVS grant.
The final MVS application deadline is
December 22, 2009; see below for application template. As in the past, the MVS Committee will meet in late February and successful applicants will be notified immediately thereafter.
