Library of Congress Volunteer Services

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with the Library of Congress!

The volunteer application for the 2025 National Book Festival is now open! Click the link below to apply to be a 2025 National Book Festival Volunteer: 

2025 National Book Festival Application

If you are interested in volunteering virtually, we invite you to explore our opportunity with By the People, below.

Volunteer Virtually

Volunteer online at By the People, the Library's crowdsourcing project. By the People invites you to make documents more searchable for everyone by transcribing, reviewing, and tagging digitized images of manuscripts and typed materials from the Librarys collections. This work improves search and discovery of this important content. Read more or get started now!

Have questions or need help? Email volunteer@loc.gov.