Read by Gill Stoker, Celia Cockburn, and Bill Bryant. Edited by Christopher Bean.<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Text version<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/volunteersweek.org\/\">Volunteers\u2019 Week<\/a> in the UK this week and we wanted to take this opportunity to celebrate our fantastic Digitisation Volunteers. Every day last week we have shared their stories and thoughts in our <strong>Meet our volunteers<\/strong> series \u2013 we hope you enjoyed meeting them!<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-798\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2020\/05\/Untitled-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1714\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Untitled-4.jpg 1714w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Untitled-4-300x104.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Untitled-4-1024x354.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Untitled-4-768x265.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Untitled-4-1536x531.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1714px) 100vw, 1714px\" \/>Why I volunteer\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Gill:<\/em> I’ve only recently joined the Courtauld volunteers, in mid-May \u2013 just by chance I came across details of the <a href=\"https:\/\/courtauld.ac.uk\/open-courtauld-hour-news\">Open Courtauld Hour<\/a> webinars on Zoom, and enjoyed watching them. In the one on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=za53jtTx3uU&t=3s\">14 May<\/a> I heard about the digitisation project, saw a photo of a big group of happy volunteers, and realised that it was exactly what I’ve been looking for!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Lorraine:<\/em> It\u2019s so nice to be retired and to have time to do what I want. Learning is what drives me to volunteer – nothing altruistic I’m afraid (except the Year 13 student support in a local school).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Bill:<\/em> It\u2019s always good to be part of a worthwhile project involving teamwork. During Covid the weekly Zoom meetings are the only way I have of keeping within touching distance of the outside world – the Art Club has given me an outlet for whatever creative talent I may have by allowing me to submit some of my photographs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What I enjoy most about volunteering\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Gill:<\/em> Courtauld volunteers are really well looked after by the wonderful members of staff, who make sure we’re well supplied with interesting work to suit our skills and knowledge. It was a bit of a learning curve for me at first, as it involved getting set up with various bits of new (to me) technology, such as Zooniverse and Slack. Fortunately, I’ve already been using Zoom quite a lot since late March, and it’s been fun to take part in a number of video conferencing sessions, meeting the staff and other volunteers to discuss aspects of the digitisation work, or just for a social chat to share recommended books, TV programmes, etc. I’m finding the remote working very flexible \u2013 there are different aspects to choose from, so it’s possible to dot around from one task to another for the sake of variety, or focus on one longer task, depending on how you’re feeling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Bill:<\/em> I have no background in the Arts but the Art Market and how it works has always fascinated me. Volunteering at the Courtauld has enabled me to meet talented \u2018arty\u2019 people!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Lorraine:<\/em> It’s the whole package really… the journey to and from the Aldwych, the various options available when in the Courtauld, the surprises when cataloguing or digitising, etc. The opportunity to research your own interests within the collection. I particularly enjoyed transcribing Anthony Kersting’s ledgers and his terrible handwriting!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-800\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.17.38.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.17.38.png 2358w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.17.38-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.17.38-1024x407.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.17.38-768x306.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.17.38-1536x611.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.17.38-2048x815.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><b>A favourite photo or moment?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Gill:<\/em> I’ve been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zooniverse.org\/projects\/courtaulddigital\/world-architecture-unlocked\">captioning a lot of Canterbury Cathedral images via Zooniverse<\/a> – lots of different styles of column\/capital. There was a lovely funny capital of a man with what looked like two donkeys on either side of him. Obviously that particular stone carver had a good sense of humour!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_803\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2020\/05\/Gill-capital-man-donkeys.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-803\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2020\/05\/Gill-capital-man-donkeys.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Gill-capital-man-donkeys.jpg 576w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Gill-capital-man-donkeys-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A capital in the Conway crowdsourced metadata entry project on Zooniverse: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zooniverse.org\/projects\/courtaulddigital\/world-architecture-unlocked\">World Architecture Unlocked<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Lorraine:<\/em> The London boxes are fascinating – so much has been lost! I always enjoy photographs of modernist architecture (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/2018\/11\/07\/lorraine-stoker-modernity-in-the-conway\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">read Lorraine\u2019s blog post here!<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">): for instance, this image of the staircase in <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/2018\/11\/07\/lorraine-stoker-modernity-in-the-conway\/\">Bevin Court<\/a>, Finsbury.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_801\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-801\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2020\/05\/Bevin-Court-Stairs-CON_B04266_F001_022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-801\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2020\/05\/Bevin-Court-Stairs-CON_B04266_F001_022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Bevin-Court-Stairs-CON_B04266_F001_022.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Bevin-Court-Stairs-CON_B04266_F001_022-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Bevin-Court-Stairs-CON_B04266_F001_022-800x1024.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Bevin-Court-Stairs-CON_B04266_F001_022-768x983.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Bevin-Court-Stairs-CON_B04266_F001_022-1200x1536.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bevin Court Stairs. CON_B04266_F001_022. The Conway Library.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>What do you do when not volunteering?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Gill:<\/em> I teach from home (mostly English as a Foreign Language), and I also work part-time for a picture library, where I do a lot of work with pictures from different periods in history and from different countries all around the world. My work involves researching the images, then captioning and keywording them. I’ve been on furlough from the picture library since 1 April, and when I discovered that the Courtauld has a team of volunteers doing similar work, I got in touch straight away!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_807\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-807\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.35.14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-807\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.35.14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.35.14.jpg 2264w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.35.14-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.35.14-1024x784.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.35.14-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.35.14-1536x1176.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.35.14-2048x1569.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Conway items as they appear on Zooniverse’s World Architecture Unlocked. Gill and other volunteers who joined during the lockdown have only accessed the items in digital form.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Lorraine:<\/em> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After 38 years of teaching, volunteering at the Courtauld reignited my interest in the History of Art and as a result, I recently completed an MA in History of Art and Photography. I\u2019m now seriously considering a PhD but… who knows… do I have the time!? I also volunteer at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/archive\">Tate archives<\/a> and support year 13 students in a local school. When I am not researching or reading, I am a life-long football supporter and an avid Star Trek\/Picard fan. I\u2019m also an animal rescue fanatic – bears especially but all animals. I live South of the river with a long-suffering partner\/husband and a cat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Bill:<\/em> I\u2019m an old chap – that is pre-war vintage. I was born and bred in London, and save for time in Cheltenham have lived here all my life.\u00a0 I was a Civil Servant – first at GCHQ (having learned Russian during my National Service in the RAF) and then at the Home Office where I worked in the Royal Prerogative Section (dealing with criminal cases which had been through all the legal processes up to and including Appeal but where the Appellant was able to produce relevant and compelling new evidence which had not been before the Courts). After retirement I worked as a\u00a0 volunteer at The Cardinal Hume Centre – teaching English mainly to refugees; then as a volunteer at St Mary\u2019s Hospital and after a few years taking over the role of Voluntary Services Manager there. I follow Chelsea Football Club and like using my camera.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1062\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1062\" style=\"width: 257px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1062\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2020\/06\/WESTFIELD-COFFEE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/06\/WESTFIELD-COFFEE.jpg 602w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/06\/WESTFIELD-COFFEE-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Westfield Coffee”, photograph taken by Bill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>What would you say to someone who wasn\u2019t sure whether volunteering is for them?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Gill:<\/em> Just give it a try – there’s nothing to lose, lots of support is available, and everyone is really friendly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Lorraine:<\/em> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You have nothing to lose and everything to gain… new skills, historical and photographic knowledge, and in many respects a greater understanding of what has been before. Become immersed in the vast range of images, from London in the 1950s and the lost English Country Houses to European cathedrals and the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/2020\/03\/13\/sophie-buckman-the-serene-beauty-of-robert-byron-isfahan\/\">Middle East Mosques<\/a> and Coptic Churches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Bill: <\/em><\/span>Meeting new people is normally great fun. Give it a try! What have you got to lose?<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-message_actions__container c-message__actions\" role=\"group\">\n<div class=\"c-message_actions__group\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"Message shortcuts\" data-qa=\"message-actions\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Volunteering during lockdown<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Gill:<\/em> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once my furlough period comes to an end and I can hopefully go back to work, I’d still like to continue as a Courtauld volunteer – I’m looking forward to visiting the Courtauld building and meeting people face-to-face when the time is right!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Bill: <\/em><\/span>I live on my own and the interaction with others on the project during this stressful time has proved important to me in keeping a sense of perspective.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-message_actions__container c-message__actions\" role=\"group\">\n<div class=\"c-message_actions__group\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"Message shortcuts\" data-qa=\"message-actions\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-805\" style=\"width: 404px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2020\/05\/Lorraine1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-805\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2020\/05\/Lorraine1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Lorraine1.png 1466w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Lorraine1-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Lorraine1-800x1024.png 800w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Lorraine1-768x983.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Lorraine1-1200x1536.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of Lorraine’s contributions to Art Club.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_806\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-806\" style=\"width: 2092px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.30.04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-806\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/files\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.30.04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2092\" height=\"1426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.30.04.jpg 2092w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.30.04-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.30.04-1024x698.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.30.04-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.30.04-1536x1047.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/digitalmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-28-at-17.30.04-2048x1396.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2092px) 100vw, 2092px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artwork by Lorraine Stoker.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audio version Read by Gill Stoker, Celia Cockburn, and Bill Bryant. 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