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Louisville Public Library <br />Volunteers Policy <br />Prior to engaging in any volunteer activity, each volunteer will be required to submit a City <br />application form for volunteer work. Volunteers over 18 must undergo a background <br />investigation. Those younger than 18 shall provide two adult, non -relative references for <br />consideration by the City. Upon approval of the City's Human Resources staff, the volunteer <br />may be scheduled for training and work assignments. <br />Volunteers may be asked to work on projects that are supportive of staff efforts. Examples <br />include: shelving materials, shelf reading and maintaining the shelved collection, processing <br />new materials, supporting programming in the Children, Teen, or Adult Services areas, <br />tutoring, or community outreach. <br />Hours of volunteer service will be determined by the supervisory staff member in discussion <br />with the volunteer. Volunteers are expected to arrive at the Library in time to begin work as <br />scheduled or call the Library if they will be absent. All volunteer work must be completed <br />within normal library hours. Exceptions may be made by the Library Director. <br />Recruitment and Supervision of Volunteers <br />Volunteers will be sought through a variety of methods (newspaper announcements, in -library <br />publicity, requests through volunteer coordination organizations and schools), to meet specific <br />as well as general project needs. Recruitment shall be the responsibility of the Administrative <br />Library Technician I, with the assistance of other Library staff and the City of Louisville's <br />Human Resources Office. <br />Volunteers will work directly with library staff members to receive training and complete <br />projects. All volunteers will be assigned one primary staff member to guide them in their work; <br />however, staff members may offer guidance to any of the volunteers. <br />When appropriate and affordable, the Library Foundation may fund the cost of training for <br />volunteers who have made a long-term commitment to the Library. Examples of appropriate <br />training classes are: Junior Great Books leader training and classes offered by CCLS. <br />There will be no formal evaluation process for volunteers. <br />Volunteers Policy Page 2 of 3 <br />