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Know how to read cursive? The National Archives wants you | Popular Science
Help transcribe over 200 years of historical documents. By Laura Baisas, Posted on Jan 16, 2025 The National Archives needs help from people with a special set of skills–reading cursive. The archival bureau is seeking volunteer citizen archivists to help them classify and/or transcribe more than 200 years worth of hand-written historical documents. Most of…
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How many Americans volunteer? | USAFacts
Population How many Americans volunteer?In 2023, over a quarter of Americans volunteered formally and over half volunteered informally. Updated December 12, 2024 by the USAFacts team Source: How many Americans volunteer? | USAFacts
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Making Room in the Crowd: Library Teleworkers Transcribing in Extraordinary Times | The Signal | library of congress
Published July 20, 2021, by Trevor Owens In today’s post, By the People community managers Carlyn Osborn, Lauren Algee, and Abby Shelton reflect back on changes in their program since March 2020. Launched in 2018, By the People is a volunteer engagement and collection enhancement program at the Library of Congress that invites the public…
