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Audio Visual Materials Maintenance
Time Commitment
1-4 hours, monthly
Purpose
To assist in the maintenance of the library's audio/visual collections.
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
- Remove or mark out barcode from discarded materials
- Disassemble audio/visual materials containers and packaging for recycling purposes
- Clean scratches from DVDs and CDs, splice tapes on older cassettes and videos
- Notify supervisor on materials that should be replaced based on popularity (number of times circulated)
- Clean outside cases on circulating materials periodically or as needed
Skills/Abilities/Qualifications Required
- Ability to work congenially with staff, patrons and other volunteers
- Ability to provide dependable transportation so as to 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
- General familiarity with libraries a plus
- Ability to lift and move materials as necessary.