Volunteer with us! The Library of Virginia acquires\, preserves\, and promotes access to unique collections of Virgi nia&rsquo\;s history and culture. With more content and research moving on line\, we seek to make digital documents as accessible as possible by crow dsourcing their contents. Volunteers will transcribe handwritten pages and historical newspapers by reading the text and typing it into digital form . Join us for a virtual volunteer session to learn how you can help make h istorical documents more searchable and usable for researchers now and in the future.
\nEach virtual session will include an introduction to t he Library\, historical background about a collection\, and a website demo nstration to help volunteers get started. We will use either the Library o f Virginia collections on From the P age or our historical newspaper database\, Virginia Chronicle. Volunteers will work independently f or the remaining time and are encouraged to ask questions. Each event will conclude with a brief discussion. Information about joining through Zoom will be emailed the week of the event.
\nContact Sonya Coleman for m ore information at makinghistory@virginiamemory.com or call HandsOn Greate r Richmond at 804-330-7400.
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