Individual and corporate volunteers donated almost 145,000 hours of work for the library in fiscal year 2009.

You too can join our elite corps of dedicated volunteers! You can make a big difference in the quality of library service in your community by sharing your time and talent.

Library volunteers work side by side with staff in every Library activity. There is an ongoing need at most branches for help checking books in and out, sorting and shelving, shelf-reading (Adopt-a-Shelf!), assisting with special projects, demonstrating new technologies to the public, answering phones, gardening, and more.

• acquire new skills and gain recognized work experience
• expand your social horizons
• serve in your own neighborhood
• keep up with the latest books
• help, and be appreciated for it
• place personal book orders at a discount
• receive staff privileges in regard to library fines (at completion of training)
• brag that you volunteer for the largest, busiest public library system in Virginia!

• respect the public and be responsive to its needs
• be willing to learn
• meet the schedule and length of service that you have negotiated with the library

Our volunteers range in age from 12 to 94. Some do short-term projects, and some stay for 25 years! We welcome your gift of time, whatever it may be.