Would this count as volunteering?

[kirvoyant]

I “volunteer” at a digital library initiative where I help curate resources and develop metadata aimed towards underserved medical communities in Africa. Our team looks at gaps that said communities might have and create resources to address those gaps.

At first, I was getting credit for this through a program at my school for a semester but continued with the program after that semester as a volunteer. If this counts as volunteering, should I count my internship semester as another category (and which one) or just list my experience altogether? Also volunteers are still called “interns” in the organization regardless of whether you earn credit for it or not.

Any help would be appreciated!

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[PolarIceLongLastingFlavor]

Lots of people put crisis hot line as their volunteering, so this should count too, especially if you're not getting credit for it anymore. with that being said its never a bad idea to diversify your volunteering and maybe do an in-person gig whenever you have the time.

 

[kirvoyant]

For sure! I have other volunteering activities lined up I just wasn’t sure if this particular one counted

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I “volunteer” at a digital library initiative where I help curate resources and develop metadata aimed towards underserved medical communities in Africa. Our team looks at gaps that said communities might have and create resources to address those gaps.

At first, I was getting credit for this through a program at my school for a semester but continued with the program after that semester as a volunteer. If this counts as volunteering, should I count my internship semester as another category (and which one) or just list my experience altogether? Also volunteers are still called “interns” in the organization regardless of whether you earn credit for it or not.

Any help would be appreciated!

YOU can count it as volunteering, but library work is similar to research or data management. It's not service orientation and will not help you in the screening process.

 

[chilly_md]

For sure! I have other volunteering activities lined up I just wasn’t sure if this particular one counted

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