Management Tools
Find applications, agreement forms, handbooks, training and orientation manuals and other tools here.
NOTE: These are examples from public libraries and should be reviewed and modified to ensure fit with local policies and culture.
| Title | Keyword | Tags | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
Library Delivery Services Volunteer Agreement
Agreement/waiver used by the Arlington Heights Memorial Library (IL) with their volunteer drivers who deliver materials in their homebound delivery… more |
Volunteer Handbooks, Volunteer Agreements | driver, Homebound, policy and procedure | 2025 |
Tips for Onboarding Volunteers
This document from the Metropolitan Library System in Oklahoma City suggests on-boarding steps for new volunteers. |
Volunteer Handbooks, Staff Guides for Working with Volunteers | policies, procedures, onboarding | 2025 |
Circulation Skills Assessment - Tigard OR
This assessment is used by the Tigard Public Library to determine whether or not a potential volunteer has the skills required to work in circulation… more |
Volunteer Screening / Interviewing | Circulation, assessment, skills test | 2025 |
5 Ways to Promote Your Volunteer Opportunities and Boost Volunteer Participation
Quick read with good suggestions for how and where to recruit volunteers. |
Volunteer Recruitment | social media | 2025 |
Guidelines for Online Events with Youth - Multnomah County OR
Procedures and safety steps for engaging youth in a library activity online. |
Volunteer Handbooks | policy, procedures, safety, Youth, online training | 2025 |
Volunteer Services Policy - Seattle WA
Seattle Public Library's Volunteer Services Policy |
Volunteer Handbooks | policy, procedures | 2025 |
Mapping the Volunteer Journey: A Strategic Tool for Better Engagement
How do we understand and design the complete experience volunteers have with us, from first contact to long-term engagement? This is where volunteer… more |
Volunteer Recruitment, Strategic Planning | onboarding | 2025 |
Position Profiles for Volunteer Management Professionals
From our friends in Canada, a terrific grid to help you in creating the volunteer engagement leader's job description and determining an appropriate… more |
Volunteer Coordinator Job Descriptions | titles, volunteer manager | 2025 |
What Goes Into a Board Manual
Great outline of what's needed in a Board Manual from BoardSource. |
Volunteer Handbooks | Board, policy and procedure | 2025 |
5 Data-Driven Volunteer Management Strategies
How to keep the data in your volunteer management system "clean" and complete. |
Volunteer Management Systems | Data Management, Record Keeping | 2025 |
Volunteer Services Annual Report 2024/25 - Deschutes OR
Volunteer Services Annual Report 2024/25 - Deschutes OR Public Library |
Publicity and Promotion | annual report | 2025 |
Volunteer Appreciation Plan - Indianapolis Public Library
Indianapolis Public Library's Volunteer Recognition Plan, 2024. |
Volunteer Recognition | recognition | 2024 |
3 Creative Volunteer Recruitment Strategies
3 cost effective strategies from Volunteer Hub |
Volunteer Recruitment | Volunteer Recruitment | 2024 |
What Tax Free Benefits Can Nonprofits Give Volunteers?
This brief article suggests that offering rewards for volunteer work can entice people to work, but warns to make sure anything you provide won't be… more |
Volunteer Recognition | legal, tax, Gifts | 2024 |
16 Smart Questions to Ask Volunteers Before They Start
Tobi Johnson lays out 16 great interview questions. |
Volunteer Screening / Interviewing | 2024 | |
Therapy Dog Engagement Materials - Columbus OH
These documents are used by the Columbus Metropolitan Library in when engaging pets and their owners in their Reading Buddies program: Pet Owner… more |
Volunteer Handbooks, Staff Guides for Working with Volunteers | Pet Therapy, reading, liability, dogs | 2024 |
PAWS to Read - Pleasanton CA
The Pleasanton (CA) Library has a PAWS to Read program. They partner with the local humane society, which actually does the volunteer… more |
Volunteer Handbooks | Paws to Read, dog, reading, Pet Therapy | 2024 |
Staff Focus Group Format - Los Angeles Public Library
Recently the Los Angeles Public Library's Volunteer Engagement department pulled together a group of 12 of their 70+ Branch Managers to gather… more |
Staff Guides for Working with Volunteers | focus group, staff buy-in, Friends | 2024 |
Best Volunteer Management Software
A comparison of volunteer management system products. |
Volunteer Management Systems | Data Management, Record Keeping | 2024 |
17 Top Volunteer Management Software Options for Nonprofits
Comparison of 17 volunteer management systems. |
Volunteer Management Systems | Tracking, Reporting, vms, Data Management | 2024 |