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Volunteers, Database Services, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA

Title: Database Services Volunteers Description: Seeking volunteers to help scan record materials and index documents. At New England Historic Genealogical Society we depend on the help of our volunteers to provide the bulk of the data we organize into searchable databases.  Volunteering can be done from the comfort of your own home, whenever you have…


Volunteer Opportunity, Horn Book Magazine, Boston, MA

One time Volunteer Opportunity:   Wednesday 10/24/2017 3-5  people needed to help box up 2000 books that Horn Book Magazine is donating to The Boston Public Schools. Maura O’Toole will be at the office from 9-11, but volunteers can come for as little or as long as they have time for. Horn Book Magazine is located in the Palace Road…


Volunteer Opportunity, Winship Elementary School Library, Brighton, MA

Winship Elementary School’s Library is seeking volunteers throughout the 2017-2018 school year. This is a great opportunity to work with children in a library setting and learn about various aspects of circulation systems, whether you want to be a public librarian or school librarian. Responsibilities: Shelving: placing books back on the shelves according to the…


Literacy Volunteer Tutor, Literacy Volunteers of Massachusetts at the Pollard Memorial Library, Lowell, MA

Would you like to get teaching experience working with adults? Literacy Volunteers of MA at the Pollard Memorial Library in Lowell trains volunteers who provide free, confidential and individualized or small group tutoring to adults in basic literacy and English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). Literacy volunteers help adults acquire the literacy and English…


Volunteers, America’s Test Kitchen, Boston, MA

America’s Test Kitchen is seeking five volunteers from the Simmons MLIS program to help move our collection of over 4,500 cookbooks and magazines from our current home in Brookline to our new home in the Seaport. We are looking for students who can work from 10 am to 3 pm on Thursday, October 5th and/or…


Event Volunteers, Brookline Public Library, Brookline, MA

**Brookline Public Library Looking for Event Volunteers**   WHAT: The Brookline Public Library is looking for volunteers to help with our 6th Annual Family Fall Fest   WHEN: Thursday, October 26th from 2-5pm. DUTIES: Volunteer for one, two, or three hours to help set up tables, manage the crowd around our face painter, pass out delicious cider, supervise pumpkin painting…


Ushers, Cambridge Public Library Foundation, Cambridge, MA

USHERS NEEDED! The Cambridge Public Library Foundation is producing their annual event, Dream Big On Tuesday October 3rd, 2017 We are looking for ushers who can work from 5pm-9pm or 5:30pm-9:30pm for $25/hour. Please email [email protected] to apply


Volunteer Opportunity, Boston Book Festival, Boston, MA

We are looking for volunteers for the Boston Book Festival, and students are welcome to apply.    Any interested parties should fill out this short survey: http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07eem1y0iqj7p78me1/start.


Event Volunteers, Brookline Public Library, Brookline, MA

**Brookline Public Library Looking for Event Volunteers**   WHAT: The Brookline Public Library is looking for volunteers to help with our 6th Annual Family Fall Fest   WHEN: Thursday, October 19th from 2-5pm. DUTIES: Volunteer for one, two, or three hours to help set up tables, manage the crowd around our face painter, pass out delicious cider, supervise pumpkin painting…


Open Call for Volunteers for YALSA Juries & Short Term Committees, Chicago, IL

The call for volunteers for Juries and Short Term Committees for the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) is open now through July 1st. The term lengths last from 3 to 6 months. More information about this opportunity, please refer to the following link: http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/2017/06/12/looking-to-get-involved-in-yalsa-volunteer-for-a-jury-or-short-term-group/