Volunteering
For many of the Project tasks below, familiarity with using technology such as the internet / smartphone / tablet / PC would be useful.
Specific training and support in the use of our Museum software and scanner can be provided.
Oral History Project
• To help with proof-reading our transcriptions of Reminiscence Recordings;
• We would also like to hear from anyone who can organise the recordings and transcriptions PC files.
Resources for Schools
We would like a number of people with interest and experience in education of school age pupils.
• Help needed to host school visits in Radlett to help children learn about local history
• Prepare and adapt local history resources to suit the relevant curriculum and year age of learners
Scanning Newspaper Cuttings
• For museum use, we need digital, searchable copies of old newspaper cuttings
• Process: scan page of cuttings, electronically divide, name and save the cuttings
• Whole process can be managed in Adobe Acrobat, for which full training is offered
Scanning Photograph Albums [2 volunteers]
• For museum use, we need a digital, album of all our archive photographs
• The task involves scanning album pages individually, adding any written annotations
• Whole process can be managed in Adobe Acrobat, for which full training will be offered