Volunteering in Archives: A case study examining why young people (18-24) are under-represented as volunteers within the West Midlands:
I am a postgraduate student studying with the University of Dundee for a Masters qualification in Archives and Records Management. I am undertaking a survey for my final year dissertation. I would greatly appreciate if volunteer coordinators from archives in the West Midlands could contribute by filling in a short survey about their volunteers. The aim of my research is to create an age profile of volunteers within this region and determine how archive services can attract more young people to volunteer. I chose the 18-24 age range specifically because people in this range are one of the hardest to reach groups and as a result are under-represented in archives as volunteers.
This study will be used to inform the design and adaptation of volunteer and public engagement strategies in archives across the West Midlands. This research study is being conducted in collaboration with Archives West Midlands (AWM) and Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service. The results of this project will be published in a report for AWM.
The link below will take you to my survey which will take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete. If you do not have volunteers, there is no need to fill in this survey. If this is the case, could you send me a brief email (see below) explaining the reasons for this and whether you would consider volunteers in the future. This would help me to build an accurate picture of how many archives do not have volunteers. The deadline for completing the survey is Friday 12th April 2019.
If you would like to contact me to discuss this research or provide feedback please contact me via email:
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Survey:
https://dundee.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/awm-archives-survey
Thank you for your time.
Kind regards,
Caroline Hillman
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