From Library Volunteer to Library Advocate: Tapping Into the Power of Community Engagement - Paperback

by Carla Campbell Lehn (Author)

This guide will show you how to reinvigorate your library's volunteer program using your community as a resource.

Volunteers are essential to a library's well-being, but running a volunteer program is a complicated task that could often be done so as to bring more benefit to your library. This book draws on the author's decades of experience in public libraries and the nonprofit arena, and on cutting-edge professional trends in volunteer management, to show you how to tap into each of your volunteer's talents and match them to your library's needs.

Providing multiple tactics for improving your library's volunteer program, the book covers redoubling your recruitment efforts to attract more volunteers, more logically assigning roles, and growing your relationships with volunteers. In addition, it addresses common problems with volunteers and potential barriers to success and explains how to overcome them. No matter what size your library, its volunteer staff, or its budget, this practical book will help you to streamline your volunteer program and more effectively engage the community to transform your library into a flourishing community center.

Author Biography

Carla Campbell Lehn is principal of the Lehn Group, where she provides consultation and training services to not-for-profit and government clients. She is former Library Programs Consultant of California State Library.