Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to assess the role of volunteerism during the digitisation project by the Office of the Premier in Mpumalanga with a view recommending the best practice.

Design/methodology/approach

The empirical data was collected through the semi-structured qualitative interviews with the records manager and ten volunteer archivists employed by the Office of the Premier.

Findings

Local pupils within the Mpumalanga province were recruited to participate in the digitisation project as a form of youth empowerment. The Mpumalanga Provincial Archives was not involved in the digitisation project to ensure that all digitisation specification was in line with the requirement of the provincial archives. Furthermore, a lack of resources to implement the digitisation project was cited as the main stamping block for the successful implementation of the project.

Research limitations/implications

This paper is limited to the Office of the premier, in the Mpumalanga province.

Practical implications

Archivists interested in recruiting volunteers on a digitisation project can use this paper to understand the benefits and cost of volunteer labor before putting volunteer projects into practice.

Social implications

The success of a digitisation project depends on the involvement of the Mpumalanga Provincial archives.

Originality/value

This paper presents a unique case study in South Africa of a digitisation project staffed with volunteers in the office of the Premier.

中文翻译：

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志愿服务在数字化项目中的探索作用：以南非普马兰加省总理办公室为例

目的

本文的目的是评估姆普马兰加总理办公室在数字化项目中志愿服务的作用，以期提出最佳做法。

设计/方法/方法

经验数据是通过与档案管理员和总理办公室雇用的十名志愿档案管理员进行的半结构化定性访谈收集的。

发现

招募了姆普马兰加省内的当地学生，以青年赋权的形式参加数字化项目。Mpumalanga省级档案馆没有参与数字化项目，以确保所有数字化规范均符合省级档案馆的要求。此外，人们认为缺乏实​​施数字化项目的资源是成功实施该项目的主要障碍。

研究局限/意义

本文仅限于姆普马兰加省总理府办公厅。

实际影响

有兴趣在数字化项目中招募志愿者的档案管理员可以在将志愿者项目付诸实践之前，使用本文来了解志愿者劳动的收益和成本。

社会影响

数字化项目的成功取决于姆普马兰加省档案馆的参与。

创意/价值

本文介绍了在南非总理办公室执行的一个数字化项目，其中配备了志愿者，这是一个独特的案例研究。