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Conservation Fellow Volunteer Program

Currently, we have made selections for the 2003 volunteers. Please visit our website again in 2004 for further information about participating in this program.

Thank you for your interest in the Library of Congress!

The Conservation Fellow Volunteer Program, organized in collaboration with the Library's Visitors Services Office (LS/NSD/VSO), provides individuals interested in conservation with a unique opportunity to learn more about conservation by volunteering on projects in the Library's Conservation Division. It also provides those who are planning to apply to conservation graduate school a way of gaining valuable pre-program work experience.

The type of volunteer work undertaken in the program varies depending on the skills and interests of the volunteers and the projects scheduled for treatment. There is never a shortage of projects and volunteers may be assigned to work on a wide range of materials from the Library's collections. Examples of volunteer projects include: resleeving and archival storage of a collections of historic photographs, rehousing of photographic albums, matting of graphic materials, and rehousing collections of pamphlets.

Volunteers must work at least one day a week.