Welcome! Your service hours will not only be making a contribution to a dynamic library system and growing community, but could be personally rewarding. The enthusiasm and creative ideas of our volunteers have been a great asset in maintaining our reputation of providing excellent public service.

Volunteers and interns work at a wide variety of jobs in the library system. We support the efforts of the volunteers with training and volunteer benefits. Please look through the following positions and contact us if you see one or more that appeal to you. Thank you for your interest in the Central Rappahannock Regional Library.

Apply online to be a library volunteer!

• Volunteer Positions
• Internships

Other volunteering opportunities:

1-800-Volunteer.org - from the Points of Light Foundation
IdeaList.org - includes volunteer opportunities for kids and teens
Peacework - based in Blacksburg, features volunteer opportunities around the world
Rappahannock United Way - our local volunteer center

Volunteer Positions

Youth Volunteers (12-17 years old)
Library Archivist
Working with books and other materials
Working with the Friends of the Library
Working as an adult literacy tutor
Working in the Virginiana Room

Youth Volunteers

If you are 12 - 17 and would like to volunteer at the library, please fill out our form and let us know which branch library is closest to you. You can also let us know if you are volunteering to fulfill a Scouting, school, or church requirement.

Library Archivist

We maintain a clipping file of newspaper articles about the library, its events and activities. The archivist clips the newspaper and files the articles in chronological order. This activity can take place at the Headquarters Library or in the convenience of your home.

Working with books and other materials

2 - 3 people needed at Headquarters to assist in Acquisitions

We strive to maintain a balanced collection of materials in all formats that reflect the wide variety of community interests. Volunteers help us process new materials, including labeling, wrapping, and locating requested titles.

Working with the Friends of the Library

The Friends are an organized network of library supporters who have been pivotal in the development of library services throughout the region. The Friends have energetically advocated to establish branch libraries and to increase local and state funding. The support of the Friends has resulted in vastly improved facilities, technology, staff development, and community programming. They are able to do this through a variety of fund-raising activities. They can use your help to assist with sorting and storing materials donated for the book sales, work at a book sale, or provide baked goods for book sale preview parties and other events.

Working as an adult literacy tutor

Our Alliance for Literacy serves adults in the City of Fredericksburg and Stafford and Spotsylvania counties. We provide a one-day training session and share techniques and resources you might use working one-to-one or in an adult education classroom. Training sessions are offer semiannually; call Lydia O'Neil at 372-1144, x280, to learn more about our program.

Working in the Virginiana Room

Our Virginiana Room is a collection of local history and genealogical resources. Volunteers help the staff in the Reference department by retrieving or filing materials, checking bibliographies against holdings, or helping patrons locate materials and use equipment.

Internships

We create internships for college students who wish to gain some employment experience for college credit. Students wishing to pursue an internship at the Central Rappahannock Regional Library should contact Nancy Buck, (540)372-1144, x250, prior to the semester of their internship. The internships listed below are examples.

Local Authors Project -- the intern will identify and contact authors, compile biographical material and samples of published work, work with web developers to design and construct web pages, and scan existing author notebook entries for inclusion in the database. This internship might be of interest to someone majoring in English or Journalism.

Librarianship -- the intern will meet with departmental supervisors, shadow staff at desks and different departments, work on a special project or projects, and conduct research on issues in the field of librarianship.

If any of these volunteer activities or internships is of interest to you, please contact Nancy Buck at (540)372-1144, x250, or apply online!