Learn from your public library colleagues who are creating effective volunteer engagement strategies, tools and practices that will keep you from re-inventing the wheel! Search the database of Get Involved resources and enhance your success in volunteer engagement. Resources include:

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What's New for September 2026

Recently Added Materials

Building Super Supporters: The Donor/Volunteer Connection

 

3 Ways to Engage Prospective Volunteers Through Your Website (NOTE: One thing I would add to this is: be sure there’s a link to your volunteer page on the library’s home page – I’m amazed at how difficult it is sometimes to find the volunteer page . . .)

 

The Gen Z Volunteer Blueprint: How Nonprofits Can Recruit and Inspire a Generation

 

Reducing Barriers to Volunteering Starts with Better Design  

 

26 Volunteer Appreciation Ideas

 

Seed Library Volunteer Job Description – Estes Valley Colorado (Thanks, Scott!)

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