Volunteer Opportunity, Brookline Public Library, Brookline, MA

Posted January 6, 2015

The Brookline Public Library is seeking volunteer help staffing our Teen Space for the Winter/Spring 2015 semester. Volunteers will work an average of 5 hours a week for 25 weeks, and duties will include: providing information to patrons using the teen space, monitoring computer use and troubleshooting basic computer problems, basic shelving and shelf-reading, and familiarizing patrons with the collections and the space. We are seeking enough volunteers to cover the afternoons every day, Monday through Friday, usually in four hour shifts, although evening volunteers are also welcomed.  More specific projects can be given if desired, to be determined by the intern and the Teen Services librarian.

Interns will learn about the daily workings of a public library, specifically in Teen Services, and gain practical experience in staffing a public service desk in a busy public library.
Candidates should have completed Reference (LIS 407) and Information Organization (LIS 415). Completion of Young Adult Literature (LIS 438) and/or Children’s Literature and Media Collections (LIS 481) would be helpful, but not required. Interest in Young Adult/Teen Services is strongly preferred.

Interested parties should send resume, the names of three references and a short statement describing why you would like this internship to:

Robin Brenner
Reference and Teen Services Librarian
Brookline Public Library
[email protected]
Deadline to apply is February 01, 2015.