Volunteers

The use of volunteers allows the community to become involved in initiating, enhancing and extending ACT Library and Information Services.

Benefits of Being a Volunteer | Sample of Volunteer Jobs available | How to Become a Volunteer

Benefits of Being a Volunteer

meet new people and build up a network of contacts
help others and feel useful
gain work experience and a reference
learn new skills
put a hobby to good use
try out a possible new career
use natural talents
build self-confidence
be active and involved
have fun

Sample of Volunteer Jobs available

What are you interested in?

ACT Public Library
ACT Heritage Library
Collection Management Unit
Home Library Service

ACT Public Library

The ACT Public Library provides a library and information service to the citizens of the ACT.

Volunteer work includes: shelving library materials, making sure that books are in order on the shelves, repairing books and AV material, helping library patrons use the Internet, designing and setting up displays, helping with storytime, assessing library collections in an area of expertise.

ACT Heritage Library

The purpose of the Heritage Library is to collect, maintain and provide access to the documentary history and development of Canberra and region.

Volunteer work includes: sorting ephemera and photos, indexing the Canberra Times, typing information onto the database.

Collection Management Unit

The purpose of the unit is to select, order, receive, catalogue, classify and make material ready for loan.

Volunteer work includes: covering books, adhering labels, repackaging audio visual material, and generally getting material ready for loan.

Home Library Service

The purpose of the unit is to make library materials available to the house bound.

Volunteer work includes: delivering library material to one or two people in your area every fortnight, or in the unit itself in the Griffith Library, preparing material for delivery, rewinding tapes, shelving library material.

How to Become a Volunteer

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer you need to read the

ACT Library and Information Service Volunteer Policy ( 958Kb )

and then complete a Volunteer Application Form ( 1.06Mb ) .

If you are interested in Home Library Service, you will also need to fill in a

Home Library Service Volunteer Application Form ( 1.05Mb ) .

These forms are also available in your nearest public library or by calling the library on 62059000

Please deliver the form to the library in which you would like to volunteer.

For more information contact our Customer Information Centre.