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home based microvolunteer actions that benefit so many worthy causes

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Book Scanning

Scanning a book or a page is easy to do – assuming you’ve got the right equipment. If you can scan, then consider helping out the book scanning projects below.

The Universal Digital Library

Time taken:
Multiple sessions of 30 minutes to scan a book
Impact:
Potential to facilitate research, information retrieval and intelligent indexing
Cost:
Nothing if scanning. Postage costs if posting a book to a U.S. based address
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes or PJs

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, Book Scanning, By Category, By Time, Do Good, Popular Causes, Quickies!, The Written Word, Under 30 minutes

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Gutenberg Wanted Books

Time taken:
Upto 30 minutes overall to assist Project Gutenberg with their call for missing book pages
Impact:
Contributes to digitizing books for future generations to read
Cost:
Nothing
Pyjama Rating:
100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Book Scanning, By Time, Do Good, Quickies!, The Written Word, Under 30 minutes

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The Rosetta Project – Antique Children’s Books

Time taken:
Depends on how thick the book is, but let's say up to 30 minutes!
Impact:
Preserves old children's books for future generations to read
Cost:
Nothing
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes or PJs

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, Book Scanning, By Category, By Time, Do Good, Offline, Popular Causes, Quickies!, The Written Word, Under 30 minutes

Find out more about The Rosetta Project – Antique Children’s Books