Volunteer

Active and dedicated volunteers enhance the Library’s service to its patrons. Our volunteers perform a variety of important tasks, like helping Library users find materials, providing reading suggestions, repairing books, demonstrating use of the Library catalog, staffing the History Room, organizing book sales, shelving materials, or performing clerical tasks.  Note: We are currently looking for well-read, computer savvy individuals to join our team.

Mill Valley Public Library is seeking a detail-oriented volunteer A/V repair person to work approximately 4 hours each week. Duties include: Listening to books on cassette tape, books on CD, and music CDs to note damage Cleaning and repairing CDs and DVDs using the ECO-Smart Disc Chek machine Training is provided. Please call 415-389-4292 x108

The Friends of the Library can always use help with the preparation for and participation in the monthly book sales. Responsibilities may include sorting and pricing books for sale, picking up donations, checking out or restocking at the sales. No special expertise is required, but a love of books is a big plus. Joining the Friends provides opportunities to meet new people and help your community. To find out more about joining the Friends, call 415-389-4292 x116.

Volunteers in the Local History Room assist patrons in finding books, photos, maps and other items related to the history of Mill Valley and Marin. They are also asked to help with filing and other clerical work, as needed. Docents, as volunteers here are referred to, generally work two or three two-hour shifts per month. This is a great opportunity to become more familiar with our local history. If you are interested in joining us please call 415-389-4292 x131.

If you are a student fulfilling an educational requirement for community service, contact the Volunteer Coordinator at 415-389-4292 x108.

Welcome High School Students Looking for Community Service Opportunities! If you’re a high school student and are trying to fill a community service requirement, here are some things you need to know: 1. Call us at least three weeks before your deadline. Community service positions are always dependent on availability. Because of high demand, the earlier you call, the better your chances are for finding a position. 2. It really helps to be detail-oriented and most jobs require you to be able to put books in alphabetical or numerical order.  3. Potential jobs include: helping to look for missing items, organizing CDs and books, searching for damaged items, re-labeling books, crossing out barcodes and stamping withdrawn books, and other assorted tasks. 4. Contact Ali Birnbach, our volunteer coordinator.  We want to make sure your skills are a good match for our needs so please make the call yourself.  If this sounds like a good fit, please call Ali Birnbach at (415) 389-4292  ext. 108. If you don’t reach Ali directly, please leave a clear message with your name, phone number, the grade you are in, the school you attend, how many hours you need to do, and the date by which you need to have all your hours completed. We look forward to hearing from you!