Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteers are a critical part of the Library's success. The minimum age for volunteering is 14. It's a great way for teens and adults to give back to the community and support the Library. When sharing your time and talents with Library staff, you will be able to work flexible schedules.

Volunteers must pass a drug test and a background check.   

Teen volunteers must have signed written permission from a parent/guardian.

To apply, pick up a Volunteer Application at the Morehead City Library.

Circulation Volunteer

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Checks in materials
• Checks out materials to patrons
• Answers telephone
• Shelves books
• Helps library patrons use computers
• Assists staff in other tasks as assigned

Skills & Experience

• Some prior customer service or library experience is preferred, but not required.
• The position requires basic computer/keyboard skills and strong interpersonal skills.
• The best volunteers will be friendly, courteous, tactful, and excel at detail-oriented tasks.

Shelf Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Adopt-a-Shelf workers agree to monitor a section of the Library's shelving to keep books, tapes, magazines, or videos/DVDs in order. This is a vital part of making the materials readily available for patron requests. Since so many people browse the collection and routinely move items from their correct shelf locations, the shelves need constant reorganization and monitoring.
• The only skills required are attention to detail and some simple housekeeping skills.
• You can monitor your assigned section as frequently as seems warranted and at your own scheduling convenience.
• This is the ideal job for a volunteer who cannot commit to a set schedule and needs extremely flexible volunteer hours.

Skills & Experience

• Willingness to spend two self-scheduled hours a week monitoring a section of the Library's shelving to keep books, tapes, magazines, or videos/DVDs in order.
• Knowledge of the alphabet is essential.
• Library staff will train the right volunteers in the use of the Dewey Decimal System.
• Volunteers may be required to lift light to medium weights, e.g. books and audio-visual materials.

Maintenance Assistant

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Are you Mr. or Ms. Clean? Help us keep our library welcoming by:

• Watering plants
• Dusting shelves
• Light vacuuming
• Cleaning kids' toys and counters
• Wiping down books.
• Depending on your interest, cleaning and organizing storage space is also needed

Skills & Experience

• A desire to clean

Technical Services/Book Processing

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Want to work behind the scenes? This position includes:

• Processing of materials, book repair, processing discarded materials, and repair of AV materials.
• Other duties and project work as assigned
• Book repair work includes: replacing worn and dirty book jackets, repairing broken spines, using the bookbinding equipment, repairing loose pages in materials, and working with individual departments to make decisions on whether to replace or repair materials.
• Discard work includes: stamping materials with DISCARD stamp, removing pockets, targets, and date-due slips from items.

Skills & Experience

• The ability to acquire knowledge of repair procedures, and methods.

Social Media Contributor

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Social media can be a labor intensive role for our city Public Informations team. Volunteers can help create posts related to the library about new information that may interest patrons.

Skills & Experience

• Experience posting to social media websites.

Homebound Delivery Driver

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Phone homebound patrons to see what they would like in their next delivery.
• Deliver and pick up library items as requested by homebound patrons.
• Work with library staff and patrons to schedule deliveries and pickups.
• While on the delivery, volunteers will talk with patrons about upcoming library programs and assist homebound patrons with program paperwork.

Skills & Experience

• Volunteers must possess a valid driver's license and be able to use their own vehicle to make deliveries.
• The position requires the ability to carry/lift medium weights of library materials.
• The ideal volunteer will exhibit a pleasant, courteous manner, and have a sincere desire to help people who cannot come into the library access and use materials.
• Excellent communication skills are a must.

Program Facilitator

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Painting, board games, or photography are some examples of potential library programs for patrons of any age.

Skills & Experience

• You have a passion that could be developed into a library program.