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Volunteers are crucial to the daily operation of any library. Finding and retaining the right people, motivating them and matching their skills with projects is challenging. This collection of 30 new essays brings together the experiences of numerous individuals across the U.S., providing ideas, projects and best practices for volunteer recruiting and management. The contributors--among them library board members, heads of special collections, directors of state library associations, outreach coordinators, archivists and researchers--discuss a broad range of topics in five sections: recruitment and retention; policies and process; mentoring and empowering; placement, programs and responsibilities; and outreach.
About the Author
Carol Smallwood edited Bringing the Arts into the Library (American Library Association, 2014) and is a National Federation of State Poetry Societies and Franklin-Christoph Poetry Contest Winner. Among her over four dozen books, Women and Poetry: Tips on Writing, Teaching and Publishing by Successful Women Poets (Foreword by Molly Peacock) appears on the list of "Best Books for Writers" by Poets & Writers Magazine. Recent poetry collections are from WordTech Editions, Lamar University Press, Shanti Arts. Writing After Retirement: Tips by Successful Retired Writers (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014) ; The Library's Role in Supporting Financial Literacy for Patrons (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016) ; Library Partnerships With Writers and Poets (McFarland, 2017) . Compartments: Poems on Nature, Femininity, and Other Realms was nominated for the Pushcart Prize; others followed. Carol's first chapter of her novel, Lily's Odyssey, is in Best New Writing 2010; Interweavings: Creative Nonfiction (Shanti Arts, 2017) . Some of the Marquis publications she appears in are: Who's Who in the World, Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in the World. She appears in Contemporary Authors New Revision 282; Wikipedia. Carol has founded humane societies.
