Library Volunteer Opportunities

Opportunities by Age Group

6th to 10th Grades Teen Leadership Corps
Ages 16 and up Library Support Volunteer
Ages 18 and up Library Greeter Volunteer
Technology Support Volunteer
Chess Club Support Volunteer
English Conversation Group Volunteer
Knitting & Crochet Club Support Volunteer
  * Please note: WCPL does not accept volunteers seeking to complete court appointed community service hours

 

Library Greeter Volunteer

The Library Greeter is an energetic and customer-service-oriented person who helps create a welcoming atmosphere by greeting library patrons and helping them find their bearings as they enter the library.

Minimum age: 18 years old

Time commitment: Minimum of 2 hours per week

Responsibilities may include:

  • Greet patrons at the library entrance
  • Assist with basic directional information
  • Direct patrons to a service desk for additional assistance
     

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Library Support Volunteer

Library Support Volunteers work directly with library staff to help the library make an attractive, relevant, current collection of materials easily accessible to our community.

Minimum age: 16 years old

Time Commitment: A minimum of 2 hours per week. Schedule needs may vary by location.

Responsibilities may include:

  • Pull List: Working from a printed list, search shelves in the library for items, gather them together, and give them to a staff member to process
  • Collection Maintenance Lists: Working from a printed list, which may include duplicates, condition review and relevancy, search shelves in the library for items and give them to a staff member to process
  • Shelf Maintenance: Includes shelf reading, straightening and shifting
     

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Technology Support Volunteer

Technology Support Volunteers are energetic individuals with intermediate to advanced computer skills they use to help library patrons use the public PCs and printers.

Minimum age: 18 years old

Time commitment: Minimum of 2 hours per week

Responsibilities may include:

  • Help patrons sign-in to public PCs
  • Provide basic assistance with public printers
  • Basic troubleshooting for email, Microsoft and Google
  • Refer hardware or advanced technology issues to library staff
     

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Chess Club Support Volunteer

The Chess Club Support Volunteer helps facilitate chess clubs and offers instructions and basic guidance to help community members learn or improve their chess playing skills.

Minimum age: 18 years old

Time commitment: Minimum of 2 hours per month

Responsibilities may include:

  • Setting up and taking down board sets
  • Teaching and demonstrating basic game rules and instructions
  • Organizing, monitoring and assisting with gameplay
  • Communicating with the Volunteer Coordinator and the Volunteer Resource Librarian
     

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English Conversation Group Volunteer

The English Conversation Group Volunteer helps to organize conversation groups for new learners of English interested in improving their fluency and confidence in speaking English and navigating everyday life. The volunteers will use questions and activities on practical topics connected to daily life to encourage conversation, practice pronunciation, learn new vocabulary and connect with others.

Minimum age: 18 years old

Time commitment: 4 hours minimum per month

Responsibilities may include:

  • Plan and lead small group discussions and activities for adults learning English
  • Use conversation starter sheets
  • Ensure participants have equal opportunity to answer questions
     

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Knitting & Crocheting Club Support Volunteer

The Knitting & Crocheting Club Support Volunteer helps to facilitate clubs that help community members learn or improve their needlework skills by offering basic instructions and guidance to participants.

Minimum age: 18 years old

Time commitment: Minimum of 2 hours per month

Responsibilities may include:

  • Teaching and demonstrating basic knitting or crochet skills
  • Organizing, monitoring and assisting with individual or group projects
  • Communicating with the Volunteer Coordinator and the Volunteer Resource Librarian
     

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Teen Leadership Corps

Teen Leadership Corps (TLC) offers youth in Grades 6–10 the opportunity to cultivate leadership skills, explore and develop a variety of interests and talents, contribute to the local community, and get to know other teens with similar interests.

Age: 6th–10th graders

Time commitment: 1–2 hours a week

Responsibilities may include: 

  • Assisting with program set-up and tear-down
  • Craft prep
  • Working with younger children during programs
  • Working with other teens to plan library programs
     

Please contact your local library for more information and program availability.