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Adopt-A-Shelf Volunteer
Time Commitment
1-2 hours, weekly, 6 month commitment
Purpose
Maintains order, accessibility, and appearance of assigned section of shelving.
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
- Maintain orderly and clean shelves
- Identify books requiring mending and place them in mending area noting the book's particular problem
- Read spine labels, and re-shelf books that are not in proper order
- Shift books as necessary, to assure easy access
- Remove all bookmarks, paper, and litter from books and shelves
Skills/Abilities/Qualifications Required
- Ability to work congenially with staff, patrons and other volunteers
- Ability to provide dependable transportation, be punctual, and the ability to be contacted by telephone for scheduling changes and meetings
- Ability to understand and follow written and verbal instructions, policies and procedures
- Ability to receive instruction from library staff, and the cooperation to abide by library policies and regulations
- Ability to lift and move library materials as necessary
- Knowledge of the Dewey Decimal System
- Ability to reach to top shelves and bend to bottom shelves
