Volunteer, Quilt Museum, Lowell MA
Posted March 26, 2014
The New England Quilt Museum in historic downtown Lowell has an extensive reference and circulating library available to the public. The current manager (not a trained librarian) has been running the library for 14 years and needs to find and train someone to eventually take over all her responsibilities. These include:
– Recruiting, training and managing a team of 19 volunteers who rotate to staff the library 30-34 hours per week.
– Managing the reference collection of books, magazines, and ephemera used by staff and visitors to the museum and the circulating collection of books and videos used by museum members.
– Coordinating library functions with the museum’s professional staff.
A candidate needs to live close enough to the museum to volunteer twice a week and make a long-term commitment. The museum has never had a budget for library operation and, in fact, relies on the library volunteers to raise their own funding and supply the museum with regular donations through the sale of excess donated materials. Library training and experience a plus. Quilting knowledge required since the library volunteers answer questions from visitors and e-mail inquiries about quilt history, quilt making and quilt care.
Please contact Martha Supnik at [email protected]
See web pages at http://nequiltmuseum.org/neqm-library.html