Choose a volunteeer of the week, month, year and award them with something special like a certificate, dinner, photgraph etc. Provide bags or mugs that mark a particular program. Top of Page Benefits One of the few conclusions reached in research reviews is that there is little research going on in the area of volunteer work and how it benefits the library. The conclusions indicate benefits to the library and to the volunteers themselves. Library volunteers gain real world work experience such as completing paper work about hours worked and working in collaboration with others.
Volunteers become more competent with experience and observation of the library.
This means that they can take on more duties as volunteers as well as feel more confident when making use of the library on their personal time. Library volunteers usually become strong library advocates, willing to lobby for funding and improvement. Younger volunteers can carry information gathering skills learned in their time at the library on to college and beyond. Library volunteers get the opportunity to meet people with similar interests. Likewise, they are exposed to a diversity of people.