Thank you to Volunteers!

On Tuesday April 24 the Library hosted a lunch for all of our volunteers who have been helping us with many jobs over the past year.  We invited over 170 people to join us to  have a nice meal and conversation with library board members and staff. As you may know we have many people helping us apply RFID tags to the collections at the Main Library. We are so grateful to everyone who has helped with this project. Now we do see a light at the end of the tunnel and hope to be finished in August.  Many people have adopted a shelf at the Main and Branch Libraries. Every person is responsible for keeping a shelf in order and letting us know if there are books in need of repair or replacement. Other people have helped us with special projects in children’s services. Students needing community service have helped us with short-term projects. 

Currently we are developing new volunteer opportunities.  Teen librarian Nicole Scherer may be setting aside certain days where students can help us tidy up the shelves, collections, etc. Very shortly we are going to ask people who are really tech-savvy to become computer lab assistants.  We will ask them to help computer users in the lab to be as productive as possible. They will help people to troubleshoot those pesky problems that arise such as sending emails, printing documents, and saving documents. 

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer please contact the Library and come in and ask for a volunteer application. Alternatively you can download the application from our website by going to: www.fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/friends-volunteerap.pdf . Maureen O’Rourke, our  crack “Volunteer” Volunteer Coordinator will review your application and then give you a call to set up a meeting. During the meeting you can  discuss what you are interested in doing and how that might fit the needs of the library. For more information, please contact Maureen V. O’Rourke at mvor@optonline.net.