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Making History with Library of Virginia

2025-08-06 17:30:00 2025-08-06 19:30:00 America/New_York Making History with Library of Virginia Join Library of Virginia for a virtual volunteer session to learn how you can help make historical documents more searchable and usable for researchers now and in the future. Virtual - Virtual

Wednesday, August 06
5:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-08-06 17:30:00 2025-08-06 19:30:00 America/New_York Making History with Library of Virginia Join Library of Virginia for a virtual volunteer session to learn how you can help make historical documents more searchable and usable for researchers now and in the future. Virtual - Virtual

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Join Library of Virginia for a virtual volunteer session to learn how you can help make historical documents more searchable and usable for researchers now and in the future.

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, we 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 Join us for a virtual volunteer session to learn how you can help make historical documents more searchable and usable for researchers now and in the future.

Each virtual session will include an introduction to the Library, historical background about a collection, and a website demonstration to help volunteers get started. We will use either the Library of Virginia collections on From the Page or our historical newspaper database, Virginia Chronicle. Volunteers will work independently for 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.

Contact Sonya Coleman for more information at makinghistory@virginiamemory.com or call HandsOn Greater Richmond at 804-330-7400.

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Special Event |

TAGS: | Virginia | History |

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Hours
Mon, Aug 25 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Aug 26 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Aug 27 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Aug 28 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Aug 29 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Aug 30 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Aug 31 9:00AM to 5:00PM

About the branch

Upcoming Events

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Wed, Sep 10, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
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Wed, Sep 10, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Wed, Sep 10, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Virtual
Join Library of Virginia for a virtual volunteer session to learn how you can help make historical documents more searchable and usable for researchers now and in the future.Register