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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Volunteer Program Supervisor Job Description - Pikes Peak CO
Job description used for their volunteer engagement staff member at Pikes Peak Library District in Colorado. |
Volunteer Coordinator Job Descriptions | volunteer coordinator | 2026 |
Time Management Worksheet for Volunteer Engagement Professionals
Feeling overwhelmed by all the demands of your job? Frustrated because you don’t have time to do all that you want to do? This worksheet… more |
Strategic Planning | time management | 2026 |
Volunteer Coordinator Job Description - Cedar Rapids IA
Volunteer Coordinator job description used by the Cedar Rapids Public Library. |
Volunteer Coordinator Job Descriptions | volunteer coordinator | 2026 |
Volunteer Management Software Requirements Planning Sheet
When researching the best volunteer management software for your organization, you’ll want to create a checklist of “need to have” versus “nice to… more |
Volunteer Management Systems | Record Keeping, Reporting | 2026 |
Safety Policies - Summer Sign-Up Squad - Tigard Public Library OR
This guidebook is used to train youth volunteers at the Tigard Public Library. Both adults and youth need to know what the expectations are for youth… more |
Volunteer Handbooks | Youth, safety, Summer reading | 2026 |
Volunteer Engagement Guidelines - Indianapolis Public Library
Great overview of the volunteer engagement policies and procedures from the Indianapolis Public Library. |
Staff Guides for Working with Volunteers, Volunteer Handbooks | policies | 2025 |
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 |
Mapping the Volunteer Journey: A Strategic Tool for Better Engagement
Have you ever noticed how some volunteers seem to flourish in our organisations whilst others disappear after a few weeks, despite appearing equally… more |
Strategic Planning | Recruitment, onboarding | 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 |
Parent/Guardian Form for Teen Volunteers - Multnomah County OR
This form is used with parents/guardians of teen volunteers at the Multnomah County Library (Oregon) |
Volunteer Agreements, Teen Volunteer Applications, Volunteer Handbooks | permission form, teen agreements | 2025 |
Where Should the Volunteer Services Department Live on Your Org Chart?
Tobi Johnson outlines Pros and Cons of various places that volunteer engagement staff can be placed within an organization. |
Volunteer Coordinator Job Descriptions, Volunteer Coordinator Interview Questions | org chart, structure | 2025 |