The Center strongly recommends that participants do not finalize travel arrangements until they receive written confirmation that their class has met the minimum enrollment. The Center will not reimburse participants for travel expenses or credit card transaction fees.

As soon as the minimum enrollment for a class is met, participants will be notified. Any classes that have not met their minimum registration requirements a month in advance will be canceled.

Participants who cancel their registration after the course has been confirmed will not be reimbursed for their course fees. Participants who cancel before course confirmation will receive a full refund, minus a $200 administrative fee.

C3 is dedicated to providing high-quality hands-on training to an emerging museum, library, and archive professionals. For this reason, we are pleased to offer a 25% discount on course fees for full-time undergraduate and graduate students.

No more than three student discounts will be granted per class, so register early! To be eligible for the discount, please email a current unofficial transcript to meistern@beloit.edu after you register online.

The Center for Collections Care at Beloit College received funding from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation to support scholarships for small history museum professionals outside of Wisconsin. Four $600 scholarships are available for any three-day course and four $700 scholarships are available for any four-day course. Scholarships may be applied to any course offered and confirmed to run during the 2020 season.

To be eligible, you must be employed by or demonstrate sustained volunteer work at a small history museum, historical society, historic site, or historic house outside of Wisconsin. The Center for Collections Care uses the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) definition of a small museum: 1) have an annual budget of less than $250,000; 2) operate with a small staff with multiple responsibilities, and 3) employ volunteers to perform key staff functions.

Scholarships will be awarded based on need. Application deadline is March 31, 2020. A complete application includes the following:

1. Application letter including the following:
   • Name, title, and institutional affiliation
   • Description of why your institution should be considered a small history-based organization
   • How attending a Center for Collections Care course will benefit your professional development and your institution and what you hope to gain from the opportunity
2. Current resume
3. Letter of support from applicant’s immediate supervisor. A board member may write the letter if the applicant is the only employee or volunteer. The letter of support should address the applicant’s need. Need may be based on institutional financial need and/or the applicant’s need for professional development. Letters of support need not be on institutional letterhead (email is fine)

Application materials should be addressed to and emailed to the Nicolette Meister, Faculty Director, Center for Collections Care: meistern@beloit.edu. Applicants will be notified within two weeks of the March 31, 2020 deadline.

State and regional professional organization are often a source of funding for professional development. For example, the Wisconsin Federation of Museums offers “mini-grant awards of up to $750 annually to assist affiliate institutions in the care and exhibit of collections, training of staff, and improving overall service to their communities.”

In addition, with advanced planning, funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation Assistance Grants for Small Institutions can be used for training at the Center for Collections Care at Beloit College.