Mid-Hudson Library System
The Digital Friends Group Library
Volunteer Management
Volunteer Management
Volunteer Management
- General Resources
- Books from the MHLS Professional Collection on Volunteer Management
- Measuring the Difference Volunteers Make: A Guide to Outcome Evaluation for Volunteer Program Managers by Melissa Eystad, Editor (30 pp.)
- Recruiting Male Volunteers: A Guide Based on Exploratory Research by Stephanie Blackman (59 pp.)
- Energize Inc.'s Statistics on Volunteering
- Dollar Value of Volunteer Time (USA)
- Volunteer Policy Samples
- Sample Volunteer Agreements/Contracts (from the National Service Resource Center)
- Legal and Risk Considerations (from Managing Volunteeer Programs (assembled by Carter McNamara, PhD)
- Volunteer Protection Act & Insuring Volunteers (from the Nonprofit Risk Management Center)
- "Benefits of Policies" By Linda L. Graff
- Sample Applications
- Seattle Public Library
- Brooklyn Public Library
- Fairfax County Public Library, Virginia
- General Volunteer Application (from the Nonprofit Risk Management Center)
- Disclaimer Language for a Volunteer Application (from the Nonprofit Risk Management Center)
- Position Descriptions
- California Library Volunteers (CLV) (check out their "Volunteer Job Description Template")
- Fairfax County Public Library, Virginia (see also: "The Volunteer Menu")
- Springfield Library, MA
- Volunteer Job/Task Descriptions (from Managing Volunteeer Programs (assembled by Carter McNamara, PhD)
- General Volunteeer Position Description (from the Nonprofit Risk Management Center)
- "Designing Effective Volunteer Positions" (Point of Light Foundation)
- Recruitment
- California Library Volunteers - Targeting Recruitment Plan
- Volunteer Recruitment Campaigns (from CASAnet)
- Effective Volunteer Interviewing (from CASAnet)
- Volunteer Recruitment (from Managing Volunteeer Programs (assembled by Carter McNamara, PhD)
- Sample Interview Questions (from the Nonprofit Risk Management Center)
- Checklist for Volunteer Screening (from the Nonprofit Risk Management Center)
- Manuals
- Napa City-County Library Volunteer Orientation Manual (CA)
- San Bernardino County Library Policies (CA)
- Shasta Handbook (CA)
- Trinity County Volunteer Policies and Procedures (CA)
- Sample Table of Contents (from the Nonprofit Risk Management Center)
- Orientation
- Sample Orientation Agenda (from the Nonprofit Risk Management Center)
- Library Specific Issues: What is the mission of the library? How is the administration of the library organized? Where does the funding for the library come from? Confidentiality issues; Review of library policies; introduction to all staff and other volunteers. (RS)
- Supervision
- Checklist for Volunteer Supervision (from the Nonprofit Risk Management Center)
- Evaluation
- "It seems rude to evaluate volunteers. Do we really have to?" (The Nonprofit FAQ from Idealist)
- Volunteer Performance Evaluation (Maryland Governor's Office)
- Recognition