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Direct linkMcGown, Sue W. – Library Media Connection, 2007
A healthy volunteer program can be a great asset to any school library. Volunteers do much of the routine work that then frees the librarian to work with students individually or in groups, providing instruction and reading guidance. In addition to the physical work volunteers provide, they become strong advocates for a school library program…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Volunteer Training, Library Services, School Libraries
McHenry, Cheryl – School Library Journal, 1988
Discusses topics related to public and school library volunteers: (1) recruitment and reasons for volunteering; (2) training; (3) job satisfaction; and (4) other motivating factors including recognition, achievement, and responsibility. (MES)
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Motivation, Public Libraries, School Libraries
Farynowski, Debbie; And Others – Book Report, 1987
This series of articles discusses the use of adult and student volunteers in school libraries, focusing on volunteer recruitment; planning, implementation, and evaluation of volunteer programs; training methods and materials; and appropriate rewards for volunteers. (CLB)
Descriptors: Clubs, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Learning Resources Centers
American Library Association Video/Library Video Network, Towson, MD. – 1997
This video provides guidelines for establishing a successful volunteer program in any library. Topics include: the benefits of volunteers to libraries; getting a volunteer program started and functioning; recruiting volunteers; interviewing volunteers; effectively training volunteers; acknowledgment of volunteers; and handling uncooperative or…
Descriptors: Labor Needs, Library Administration, Library Development, Library Personnel
Peer reviewedHoagland, Mary Arthur – Catholic Library World, 1984
Description of the use of volunteers in parochial elementary school libraries notes recruitment and sources of volunteers; training of volunteers; three types of workshops; guidance and supervision of volunteers; additional assistance for volunteers (i.e., short lessons in mending, book reviewing, purchasing); duties assumed by volunteers; and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Employee Responsibility, Learning Resources Centers, Library Administration
Souza, Mary Beth – 1989
Intended for those who manage, organize, and oversee the information desk of the State University of New York at Stony Brook Library, this guide contains practical information about staffing, acquiring materials, and operating procedures. The guide opens with a list of suggestions for recruiting and scheduling volunteers for the information desk.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Guidelines, Higher Education, Library Administration
Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1990
The first section of this guide about literacy programs in Texas features background information about literacy, including a definition of literacy; literacy statistics; a fact sheet about literacy in the United States; developmental stages of literacy; Kohl's four stages of literacy; characteristics of successful programs; barriers to and methods…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Learning Disabilities, Library Material Selection
Vancouver School Board (British Columbia). – 1982
Guidelines are presented for establishing, enhancing, and evaluating adult volunteer programs in school library resource centers, especially those in Vancouver, Canada. It is noted that in 1982 over 200 adults volunteered their time to work on a regular basis with teacher-librarians in Vancouver. Sections include: (1) a rationale for establishing…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
Download full textWade, Maureen; And Others – 1991
Based on a pilot program developed in the Los Angeles (California) Public Library, this guide provides the materials and information needed for introducing a "Grandparents and Books" (GAB) program in a public library. The Los Angeles program was designed to bring together the city's elderly population with children who have no one to…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Intergenerational Programs, Latchkey Children, Library Personnel
PDF pending restorationSmith-Talley, Beatrice Moore, Comp.; Matson, Madeline, Ed. – 1990
Library literacy programs may be on-going or short-term, formal or informal, large or small. Librarians need to be aware of these programming options and select the program appropriate to their community's literacy needs and the resources the library can make available. This manual is designed to assist librarians in considering options and…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students, Fund Raising
