You can leave your name and phone number with any staff member or bookstore volunteer, and the library's Volunteer Coordinator will contact you. Or, you can call the Volunteer Coordinator, Kim Edson, at 285-8018. Volunteers assist, enhance, and support the work of the Rochester Public Library. Listed below are library volunteer positions which are ideal for anyone interested in people, books, libraries, and the community. Qualification requirements range from high school students with little job experience to people with professional degrees and many years of experience.
All positions require individuals with good organizational and communication skills.
Library Host Greet patrons as they enter the library, offer information about the library to new library users, provide directional assistance, and help staff maintain an environment that facilitates the use of library materials. Clerk - Friends of the Library Bookstore Assist customers of the Friends of the Library Bookstore by helping them find materials they wish to purchase, operate a cash register, arrange sales materials and maintain an inviting and pleasing store environment. Internet Monitors Assist patrons of all ages in using the library's Internet workstations as well as monitor time limits and waiting lists. Promote the use of library materials to patrons confined to their home due to illness, disability, weather conditions, or lack of transportation. Discuss reading interests to assigned at-home patron and select materials to be delivered on a monthly schedule.