VOICED : I Guerra Mundial disponible en internet

The UK is recruiting amateur historians to digitize over 1.5 million pages of WWI diaries. The project, called Operation War Diaries, is a collaboration between the National Archives, the Imperial War Museum, and Suniverse. Volunteers will transcribe and classify the diaries, which detail the experiences of officers on the Western Front from 1914 to 1918. This effort is crucial as many records were destroyed during WWII.

What is the main goal of the British initiative involving amateur historians?

• To create a new history curriculum

• To digitize diaries from World War I

• To recruit soldiers for a new war

• To build a new war museum

Which organizations are involved in the Operation War Diaries project?

• The British Museum and the Royal Society

• The National Archives and the Imperial War Museum

• The National Gallery and the British Council

• The British Library and the BBC

How many pages were initially made available online for the Operation War Diaries project?

• 1,500,000 pages

• 500 pages

• 100,000 pages

• 2,000 pages

What is the purpose of classifying the digitized information with tags?

• To make it easier to find specific names, places, and dates

• To create a new language for historians

• To sell the information to private companies

• To encrypt the information for security

Why is the work of citizen historians considered crucial for the Operation War Diaries project?

• Because they are paid professionals

• Because many records were destroyed in World War II

• Because they are the only ones interested in history

• Because they have exclusive access to the archives