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7 people are interested
Help Prepare Audiobooks for Mailing
ORGANIZATION: State Library of Oregon
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7 people are interested
This opportunity will take place in the Talking Book & Braille Library Division of the State Library of Oregon. Talking Books provides reading materials to print-disabled Oregonians. Over 5,000 Oregonians are registered borrowers of reading materials with an average of 1,350 books processed to mail out each day.
The collection in Talking Books has over 60,000 titles, with some of the titles having up to 15 copies. After a few years in the collection some of those titles no longer need to have so many copies available. It is our responsibility to vet the collection, remove the copies no longer needed and prepare those books for mailing to the National Library Service in Washington, D.C.
This is where you would come in! We need help preparing the books for mailing. This includes removing ID stickers on the book containers and cartridges and some potential cleaning. You may also work in the stacks retrieving books and then placing the books in a designated area after they are completed.
This is a temporary position which should last between 2 - 4 months. We are asking for this Volunteer to help 2 - 4 hours per week, anytime between 9AM - 12 PM & 1 - 3 PM. Please consider helping us with this project!
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About State Library of Oregon
Location:
250 Winter ST NE, Salem, OR 97301, US
Mission Statement
Citizens who volunteer are valuable partners of the State Library of Oregon. The State Library Board and the State Librarian support and encourage the volunteer program. Volunteers promote community awareness of the many services of the State Library and assist staff in the achievement of the mission and goals of the State Library. State Library staff are encouraged to assist in the creation of meaningful, productive, and varied roles volunteers can fill throughout the library. The Volunteer Coordinator provides oversight of the agency’s volunteer program.
Description
The State Library of Oregon cultivates, preserves, and delivers library and information services to foster lifelong leaning and community engagement.
There are three main divisions of the State Library:
Government Information and Library Services provides research and reference assistance to state government and to persons on official state business. Their in-depth collection of more than one million items specializes in business, history, political and social sciences. The collection also includes federal and state government publications and a comprehensive collection of materials about Oregon.
Library Support and Development Services plans for statewide library development; consults with local librarians, citizens and government officials; reports library statistics; and administers state and federal library grant programs.
The Talking Book and Braille Library is the regional library for the Library of Congress' National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled. Oregonians who are unable to read standard print because of a visual, physical, or reading disability are eligible to receive free audio and Braille materials either through the mail or via download.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
250 Winter St NESalem, OR 97301
DATE POSTED
June 21, 2018
SKILLS
- Literacy / Reading
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 2-4 Hours per week