VOLUNTEER: Making History with the Library of Virginia

Name: VOLUNTEER: Making History with the Library of Virginia
Start: 2025-03-01T14:30:00-05:00
Location: Library of Virginia

Schedule

Sat, 01 Mar, 2025 at 02:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Library of Virginia | Richmond, VA

Volunteer with us! The Library of Virginia acquires, preserves, and promotes access to unique collections of Virginia’s history and culture. With more content and research moving online, they seek to make digital documents as accessible as possible by crowdsourcing their contents.
Volunteers will transcribe handwritten pages and historical newspapers by reading the text and typing it into digital form. Join us for a volunteer session to learn how you can help make historical documents more searchable and usable for researchers now and in the future.
The session will include an introduction to the Library and a website demonstration to help you get started.
Participate in enhancing access to collections of over 400 years of Virginia history, people, and culture. From peace to wartime, wedding announcements and world-changing events, and court records to letters home, there will be something for everyone. Help us tell the narrative of all Virginians—the famous, infamous and even anonymous—and join us in Making History.
This event is for Trying to Adult RVA members. Memberships start at $5/month and can be cancelled or paused at any time! We would love for you to join us.
This event is free for all members. Space is limited to 20 people. Spots are first claimed first confirmed. All attendees must have a confirmed ticket to attend.
Tickets available to Premium Members on�January 28th
Tickets available to all on�January 31st
Parking: Located below the building with entrances located on 8th and 9th streets. Parking is validated at the front desk and is free for all library patrons.