The following are Volunteer Opportunities at Richland County Public Library. Please click on the links for more information. Where no link is available, please contact Cathy Dolan, whose contact information is at the bottom of this posting.
Oral History Interviewer : Main Branch
Our Main Library Local History Room will be conducting oral interviews with residents of Columbia for a historical perspective on Columbia, Richland County and/or the Richland County Public Library.
The volunteers will assist the Information Services Librarians in conducting the interviews and may assist with the preparation of interview materials.
Volunteers should have an outgoing and pleasant personality with excellent communication skills. They should be able to follow directions and be responsive and provide appropriate direction during interview session. Knowledge of the history of Columbia or the Midlands area is high preferred.
Training specific to the position will be provided.
Let’s Speak English : Various Branches
We are again excited to offer our Let’s Speak English program to the Midlands community. This special program is designed to help international adults in our community practice speaking English. International adults will be able to practice their needed English skills in a comfortable environment by conversing with local adult volunteers.
Volunteers needed at Northeast Regional on Monday evenings from 7-8 p.m. and at the Main Library on Wednesday mornings from 10-11 a.m.
Patron Desk : Main Branch
Patron Assistants are needed on Thursday afternoon and evenings. Time is available from 1:30-closing on Thursdays.
Alternate Sunday afternoons are also available.
St. Andrews Branch
Volunteers to help teach knitting at a branch program.
Four Thursday evenings starting on October 18 at 7 pm.
[Posted on behalf of:
Cathy Dolan
Volunteer Coordinator
Richland County Public Library
803-929-3436
CDolan@myrcpl.com]
Talking Books, at the South Carolina State Library, provides library services for the visually impared patrons, and they are looking for some volunteers. As they were kind enough to give us a tour of the Talking Books, we are posting volunteer information on LISSA 2.0 Here's a link to the volunteer section of the Talking Books website. The volunteer application is also on the website.
http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/volunteer-opportunities.html
Their recording program is where they have the greatest need for volunteers. These volunteers will help record and produce recorded books and magazines for our handicapped patrons. All volunteers working with the recording program receive training on how to use specialized digital recording software.
Volunteer Narrators record books and magazines about South Carolina or written by South Carolinians. Narrators must have an acceptable reading style, have a pleasant voice and pass an audition.
Volunteer Monitors operate the recording equipment while the narrator is reading/recording and provides quality control for the recording session.
Volunteer Reviewers check for mistakes in the recorded material and make edits and corrections to the recordings.
Here are some other volunteer positions that we have available right now.
Production Assistants use professional high speed tape duplication equipment to make copies of audio books and magazines that will be added to our collections and circulated to our visually and physically handicapped patrons.
Receptionists greet visitors, answer the phone and route calls to Talking Book Services and other State Library staff.
Book Inspection volunteers check cassette books to ensure that tapes are in good condition, books are complete and all cassettes are rewound before they are mailed to patrons.
Talking Book Services is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 am - 5:30 pm. Almost all volunteer work is done during normal business hours. You can set up a flexibile schedule to work as little or as often as you like. An interview is conducted with each potential volunteer to discuss your interests, experience and time availability. Please contact Naomi Bradey by email or phone if you're interested in volunteering. Her information is as follows:
Naomi Bradey
Volunteer Coordinator
Talking Book Services
South Carolina State Library
P.O. Box 821
Columbia, SC 29202
Phone: 803.734.4616
Fax: 803.734.4610
Below is an e-mail sent to LISSA about the Saint John Preschool Library Project. Although LISSA will officially help starting next semester, we are currently committed to other service projects so that we cannot promise to do anything until then. We did want to get the word out to anyone who, looking for a volunteer opportunity, would like to help this semester. Thanks and have a nice day, Travis
Greetings,
I am Tondaleya Jackson and I was appointed to serve as Chairman of the Saint John Preschool Library Project. I am reaching out to the USC Library and Information Science Student Association for assistance. Ms. Carolyn Delton indicated that a need such as ours is within the realm of volunteer services you provide. Additional details are below.
The Preschool has been in existence for decades. Currently there are 109 children ages 3-5 enrolled. The school has a room which is considered a library. There are a multitude of books and other educational materials, but it lacks the order and organization of a formal library. In addition, there is currently not a system in place to allow students/parents to check out books. We are in need of assistance from your organization to address these areas.
Can you assist the committee in our efforts to bring order to the Preschool's multitude of library resources? The Parent's and the school's staff recognizes the importance of this task and want to ensure that it is done correctly. For this reason, we are actively seeking out your assistance.
The address and phone number of the Preschool is below, but please contact me directly (see below) after you have given consideration to this request. Thank you so very much for your time and any assistance you can provide.
Saint John Baptist Church Preschool
3404 W. Beltline Boulevard (Corner of Beltline & Farrow Roads)
Columbia, SC 29203
803-254-4170
Tondaleya G. Jackson
Library Project Chairman - St. John Preschool
803-705-4479 direct office (daytime)
803-609-1800 cell (evening)
Gain Public Library Experience (New Volunteer Opportunity at Richland County Public Library)
Would you like to volunteer for an organization that links your career interest and love of reading and information. Would you like to represent Columbia’s nationally recognized public library? If so, please contact me about a volunteer position at the Richland County Public Library. It only requires a commitment of approximately 3 hours per week. We have a volunteer opportunity in Acquisitions/Collection Management, a department that directs the activities required for a collection of over 1.1 million books and nearly 85,000 nonprint resources.
Acquisitions/Collection Management Volunteer, Main Library,
2-3 hours per week , once or twice weekly during 9-5:30 hours M-Friday
* Routine filing and other clerical duties
* Data entry
* Assist with record maintenance of library materials
* Perform other duties or special projects as needed
As a RCPL volunteer you are able to:
· acquire new skills and gain recognized work experience
* expand your social horizons
* serve in your own community
* keep up with the latest books and library materials
* help, and be appreciated for it
* contribute to the success of the largest, busiest public library system in South Carolina
For additional information on these volunteer opportunities call or email Cathy Dolan.
You may also download a volunteer application from www.myrcpl.com and return the completed application to any RCPL location or to:
Cathy Dolan
Volunteer Coordinator
Richland County Public Library
803-929-3436
CDolan@myrcpl.com
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