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Volunteering
<< Support Your Library
DeKalb County Public Library needs the gift of your time to help support and enhance our mission to serve the County's citizens with a superior library system. There are many different ways in which volunteers serve the library -- from weekly commitments to one-time special events. There are positions to match different schedules, skills and interests.
Volunteer Program Mission Statement
The DeKalb County Public Library believes a volunteer program is an important way to support and enhance services. We recruit a diverse and competent corps of volunteers to increase the effectiveness of existing library services and foster closer relationships between the library system and the individual communities we serve.
Volunteer opportunities
Library volunteers work on a wide range of tasks such as shelving materials, assisting with programs, and teaching Internet skills. Not all positions are available at every branch. The following are some of the volunteer positions available.
- General branch volunteer: Help keep your library looking good and running efficiently by doing the little things (that are very important)--clean
books, water plants, shelve books, recycle paper, straighten magazines.
- Technology team member: Do you have computer and social skills? Are you good with people and think you could learn to teach Internet surfing and other computer skills? Special training will be required for these positions. Minimum age is 16.
- Special Collections assistant (Decatur Library only): If you're knowledgeable in genealogical research, we could use your expertise. Help patrons with family research and shelve Special
Collections materials.
- Special events host: Help with preparation for library programs (both adult and children's) --greeting people, moving furniture, handing out materials.
- Exhibits assistant: Have an artistic flair? You could help your
librarian plan and create displays.
- Friends group volunteer: The Friends support
the library in many ways, including raising funds through book sales. Contact your branch's Friends organization about how you can get involved. If your branch doesn't have a Friends group and you'd like to help start one, talk to your branch librarian or Volunteer Services (404-370-8450).
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Volunteer benefits
Apart from the satisfaction you'll get from helping your community, we can offer you these benefits:
- learn new skills
- meet new people
- develop job references
- receive invitation to volunteer party
- receive special mailings and learn more about library events
Volunteer requirements
Volunteer positions are filled based on education, skill, interests and experience appropriate for the specific job. Minimum age for a library volunteer is 14. (This doesn't apply, however, to special, supervised and approved group projects.) Minimum age for Technology Team volunteers is 16. DeKalb County and the DeKalb County Public Library are equal opportunity
employers.
Would you like to volunteer?
If you'd like to be considered for a volunteer position, please request an application from your branch library or from the Volunteer Services Department 404-370-8450, or e-mail: Volunteer Services.
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