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The Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods Library
Volunteer Opportunities
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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:
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Scanning historical documents or photographs
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Proof-reading of electronic
texts
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Clerical work: photocopying, de-stapling,
alphabetizing, arranging, filing
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Shelf-reading
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Indexing
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Creating finding aids
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Transcribing manuscript material
For more information,
please
e-mail the curator at
curator@walden.org
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