Volunteer Proofreaders for Project Gutenberg

Volunteer Proofreaders for Project Gutenberg was formed to provide a completely virtual volunteer opportunity and bring awareness to the vast availability of open access public domain ebooks and online sources. We work together with the 501(c)3 nonprofit ‘Project Gutenberg’ and their affiliate ‘Distributed Proofreaders’. Our organization values philanthropy, access to free information, preserving history, and increasing the knowledge and resources available for our current and future generations.

As a volunteer, you will be given a side-by-side screen of a scanned page from a copyright-free book and a program-generated text that should match the scan. Your job is simply to check for any mistakes that were made in the program’s scan, while also following certain guidelines for formatting the text. These corrections are simple and easy to do, and you can work from your personal laptop at any time. No prior experience is required, and there are no minimum or maximum hours required for membership.

To get started, click on the forms tab, watch our asynchronous orientation video, and fill out the accompanying form.

If you have further questions, please reach out to Manish Samson, manish.samson@utdallas.edu.