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Materials Maintenance Assistant
Time Commitment
2 hours, weekly
Purpose
To assist in maintaining the good physical condition of assorted library materials, to include cleaning and repair of both print and non-print materials.
Benefits of Volunteering
- Chance to meet new people
- To work in pleasant surroundings
- To develop new skills
- Give something back to the community
- Share your talents
- Feel needed and valued
- Enhance your resume
- Satisfaction from accomplishment
Duties & Responsibilities
- Cleans books, video tape and DVD containers, and audiobook cases
- Replaces date due stickers as necessary
- Replaces broken boxes/cases for audio visual materials
- Does minor mending
- Processes paperbacks, magazines and newspapers and prepares them for withdrawal
- Maintains, adds to or changes materials on paperback shelf
- Maintains neat general appearance in public areas
- Organizes newspaper and magazines (put in racks, removes older issues)
- Sorts and stores book donations
Skills/Abilities/Qualifications Required
- Ability to work congenially with staff, patrons and other volunteers
- Ability to understand and follow written and verbal instructions, policies and procedures from library staff
- Ability to physically lift or move materials as necessary
- Ability to work neatly and precisely with patience on materials needing repair/mending work of a delicate nature
- Ability to work with a variety of glues and cleaners that may have irritating fumes
