Volunteer from home on DigiVol Online

Volunteers join virtual expeditions from institutions around the world, including the Australian Museum. You can transcribe (type out) content contained in collection labels, historical documents or even identify animals. By transcribing you are helping to make natural history collections more accessible for scientific and cultural research.

When you join an Australian Museum expedition you will transcribe information from the Australian Museum’s collections. Once you have transcribed this information it is then checked by our advanced validator volunteers as part of our quality assurance. The transcribed information is then imported to the Australian Museum’s Collection database. and where appropriate made available through the Atlas of Living Australia.

There is no prior knowledge or skills required to volunteer at DigiVol.org. If you are a history buff, nature lover, want to get up close and personal with museum collections then this is a great online role for you!

DigiVol.org operates 24/7. You can help transcribe collections online anywhere and anytime!

Each project has a specific tutorial that gives detailed descriptions of your tasks as an online volunteer for each expedition.

There is also an Australian Museum DigiVol Online team, and online forum where you can ask for support when needed.