Adult Volunteer Application
Thank you for your interest in volunteering at the Waco-McLennan County Library. * All volunteers must consent to the City of Waco completing a background check (including fingerprinting) and sign a liability waiver before volunteering.
General Information
* All volunteers must be reliable, consistent, and committed to providing excellent customer service. * All positions require some bending, stooping, reaching overhead, standing for an extended time, and may require the use of a stepstool and pushing a heaving book cart. *Volunteering is conditional on adherence to the library's policies and expectations. Volunteers can be released from their duties at any time at the discretion of the Library.
Please complete the application below and Library staff will contact you.
Please note, we do not have opportunities to read to children or perform storytimes as our professional children’s librarians are responsible for programming.
Name
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First Name
Last Name
Email
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example@example.com
Phone Number
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Please enter a valid phone number.
Waco Resident (for statistical purposes only)
Yes
No
Which library location do you prefer? Check all that apply
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Central
East
South
West
Friends of the Waco Library (work in the sorting room preparing for the book sale)
What days are you available?
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Please Select
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
What times are you available?
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Please Select
Mornings
Afternoons
Evenings
How often would you like to work?
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Please Select
Once a week
More than once a week
Once a month
Special Events only
Materials Handling - Volunteers must pass a basic shelving test and take training before doing any job listed under Material Handling.
Shelving - putting books away in alphabetical and numerical order.
Shelf-reading - checking the books on the shelves to ensure that they are in the proper order.
Collection - collecting books that have been used in the library, checking them in, and reshelving them.
Taking stickers off books and reshelving them.
Cleaning - dusting shelves, reorganizing books, cleaning toys, etc.
Inventory - using special equipment, scanning every barcode on material into a computer. Inventory is done once a year.
Please Select
Yes
No
Computer Help - helping patrons on public computers, answering general questions
Please Select
Yes
No
Why do you want to volunteer in the library?
Please verify that you are human
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