Beloit College, Center for Collections Care: Capacity and Community Building Through Preservation and Access Training

FAIN: PE-290089-23

Beloit College (Beloit, WI 53511-5595)
Nicolette B. Meister (Project Director: May 2022 to present)

A continuing education project that would develop two new online courses, fund 162 scholarships for staff and volunteers at smaller cultural heritage organizations, and offer two 12-month fellowships for graduates of the University of Illinois Chicago Museum and Exhibition Studies Graduate Program.

The Center for Collections Care (C3) offers professional development opportunities that empower participants to be effective stewards of humanities collections by building knowledge and skills through instruction in collections care. To support the development of knowledge and skills among professionals responsible for preserving and providing access to humanities collections, C3 respectfully requests $349,971 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support a three-year project that will: (1) provide training to over 280 individuals from approximately 180 cultural institutions across the nation; (2) provide 162 scholarships to practitioners at smaller museums, libraries, archives, and other cultural organizations; (3) provide two 12-month postgraduate fellowships for emerging practitioners of color; and (4) develop two online courses (Fundamentals of Collections Management and Culturally Appropriate Stewardship).