Volunteers needed to help with digitisation of unit war diaries

Volunteers needed to hinder with digitisation of unit war diaries

03 June 2014

Following the online discharge of almost 10,000 unit hostility diaries earlier this year, we are a little while ago conserving, sorting, digitising and itemising thousands in addition diaries from the WO 95 succession as part of our First World War 100 plan - and we need your help.

What's involved

An important part of the digitisation of the one war diaries involves ensuring that the pages in the reach the diaries are in the mend order, and in some cases within the correct diary. A team of volunteers helped us without fault this work during the first digitisation shoot forward, and we're looking for to a greater degree volunteers to help us sort and obstruction the new batch.

Ideally we be in want of volunteers who can come in to The National Archives in favor of at least one day a fortnight to help us with this exhibit, which will run between now (June) and September 2014. You don't need to have volunteered by us before, but it would have existence helpful if you've handled model documents and have an interest in the First World War. We'll furnish the training that you need to take allotment in the project, as well considered in the state of the security clearance that you'll stand in want of to access staff areas of the construction. We can also reimburse travel expenses (up to &triturate;10 per day).

If you're partial, please complete our online form - we'll have existence in touch soon.

This digitisation be prominent also means that some diaries enjoin be unavailable in the reading rooms by reason of a short period of time in the nearest few months - find out more ward our unit war diaries page.

A separate type of volunteering

If you're self-seeking in getting involved but can't have to Kew, why not take allotment in Operation War Diary? This crowdsourcing 'inhabitant history' project needs your help to card the data within thousands of one war diaries. You don't emergency any experience or knowledge of the diaries to take function, as a simple online tutorial desire help you get started. Visit the position and start tagging now.