| Volunteer
to Work with the Thoreau Society Collections
at
the Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods Library
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The
Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods Library welcomes and encourages volunteers.
Volunteers expand and supplement the services the Library is able to
offer to the public.
Volunteers
may donate their time for short or long term projects, either on-site
at the Thoreau Institute or off-site. You
are invited to join our dedicated group of volunteers! By sharing your
time and talent with us, you can make a big difference in the quality
of service the Thoreau Institute is able to provide.
In
an effort to ensure a positive experience with us, the Library has defined
some criteria for successful volunteering. These include individual
responsibility and commitment, maturity, and attention to detail. Volunteers
must be personally invested in working with us to provide good service
in a professional manner. The Library is unable to provide a one-to-one
mentoring relationship. Individuals must be able to work independently
after initial training.
Some of the many
volunteer opportunities available are:
- Scanning historical
documents or photographs
- Proof-reading
electronic texts
- Clerical work:
photocopying, de-stapling, alphabetizing, arranging, filing
- Shelf-reading
- Indexing
- Creating finding
aids
- Transcribing
manuscript material
For more information,
please contact the curator at curator@walden.org
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