Library Service Volunteers
Volunteer Opportunities: CLF members have the opportunity to perform volunteer services for the library. After training, volunteers are assigned to a project or function and have the flexibility to work as little or as much as they choose. Volunteers accrue hours toward HPL’s volunteer recognition program, and each November the CLF Executive Board selects a CLF volunteer for its Volunteer-of-the-Year award.
Volunteers are always needed to support Clayton Library activities, programs, services, and special projects. Current opportunities include the following:
Shelving: Clayton is an "open stack" library, and patrons are free to browse the shelves and select the books they need. When the books are returned to the book carts at the ends of the stacks, library staff members and volunteers return them to their proper place on the shelves. Even if you can only spend a few hours once a week or once a month, the library could use your help in this area. To become a shelving volunteer, you must register with the library (forms available at the main desk) and attend a shelving class taught by a member of the library staff.
Film-Box Relabeling: Currently, the library is seeking volunteers to participate in the re-labeling of census microfilm boxes. It has been discovered that, in many cases, the enumeration districts listed on the box labels do not reflect the correct order in which the enumeration districts appear on the microfilm. Volunteers, working with library staff member Irene Walters, are examining census microfilm and preparing corrected labels as needed. A brief training session is required for people working on this project.
Tags and Stops: When new film collections arrive, volunteers are used to affix security tags and film-leader stops to the film reels. Not a regular volunteer activity, "tags and stops" support is only needed when large collections arrive and must be processed in as short a time as possible. About five minutes of training is required.
Volunteers also directly support CLF with various management and administrative functions:
- Educational seminars
- CLF office adminsitration
- Articles for The CLF Newsletter
- Fund raising projects
- Grant application development
- Microprint Cataloging Project