Opportunities From: Mesa County Libraries

Adult Learning Center (ALC) tutors enrich the lives of their community members by teaching adults that want to improve their English skills, complete their GED, or earn their citizenship. As an ALC instructor, expect to create lifelong relationships as you work to empower your students to reach their academic and workforce goals. 

All volunteer tutors will be required to shadow a current adult learning class as well as attend a Volunteer Orientation and a three-hour training before teaching. Tutors typically commit to one, 1.5-hour class session per week.

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Are you passionate about growing food and flowers?  About feeding the community?  Do you want to learn about special plants and flowers, building soil, about what permaculture is?  Volunteer in the Mesa County Libraries Discovery Garden, and help build connection in this full-community project.  We need volunteers to care for and manage the garden by helping us plant, weed, harvest, and water.

The Fruita Volunteer plays a vital role in maintaining an organized and accessible library collection. By accurately shelving books and media, this position ensures materials are easy to find and readily available for patrons. Volunteers also contribute to a welcoming and safe environment that supports the library’s mission of community engagement and lifelong learning.

The Gateway Volunteer plays a vital role in maintaining an organized and accessible library collection. By accurately shelving books and media, this position ensures materials are easy to find and readily available for patrons. Volunteers also contribute to a welcoming and safe environment that supports the library’s mission of community engagement and lifelong learning.

The Orchard Mesa Volunteer plays a vital role in maintaining an organized and accessible library collection. By accurately shelving books and media, this position ensures materials are easy to find and readily available for patrons. Volunteers also contribute to a welcoming and safe environment that supports the library’s mission of community engagement and lifelong learning.

The Clifton Volunteer plays a vital role in maintaining an organized and accessible library collection. By accurately shelving books and media, this position ensures materials are easy to find and readily available for patrons. Volunteers also contribute to a welcoming and safe environment that supports the library’s mission of community engagement and lifelong learning.

The purpose of this position is to add new Daily Sentinel obituary records to the Mesa County Libraries online catalog with the occasional task of updating records that already exist in the catalog. This project adds to the services that the library offers and is beneficial to library patrons who are doing genealogical and historical research.

Volunteers retype old interview transcripts from the Mesa County Oral History Project into MS Word documents. Entering the transcripts in MS Word makes them machine readable, and allows them to be uploaded into our online archive via Islandora.

The purpose of this position is to price and stock books and related media at the Friends of Mesa County Libraries Novel Idea Bookstore at the Central library. Funds raised by the Friends' book sales are distributed to a variety of MCL programs, events, and capital projects.

Responsibilities, Duties, Functions, Tasks (what must be completed to achieve the goals):

Qualifications (minimum experience, skills, education, knowledge):

·         Good organization skills and attention to detail

·         Customer service focus- capability to maintain a professional, courteous and friendly demeanor

·         Knowledge of popular books, genres, and authors is helpful

·         Excellent oral and written communication skills

·         Creative ideas for displaying materials are welcome

·         Physical ability to lift up to 40 pounds

·         Physical ability to push, bend, stretch, reach, lift and read book spines

·         Strong desire to work individually and as a team

Requirements:

·         Current driver’s license, auto insurance and ability to drive less than 1 mile

·         Must be at least 18 years old

·         Interview with Volunteer Coordinator, background check, signed waivers and 2-hour orientation

·         Communicate with other bookstore and kiosk clerks as needed

Time Commitment:

·         Minimum of 2-4 hours weekly, schedule is flexible

The Collbran Volunteer plays a vital role in maintaining an organized and accessible library collection. By accurately shelving books and media, this position ensures materials are easy to find and readily available for patrons. Volunteers also contribute to a welcoming and safe environment that supports the library’s mission of community engagement and lifelong learning.

Currently looking for Thursday help!

The purpose of this position is to stock and maintain the Novel Idea Kiosk located in the Fruita Library. Books and media sold benefit the Friends of Mesa County Libraries, who distribute funds to a variety of Mesa County Library programs and events.

The purpose of this position is to stock and maintain the Novel Idea Kiosk located in the Clifton Library. Books and media sold benefit the Friends of Mesa County Libraries, who distribute funds to a variety of Mesa County Libraries programs and events.

Volunteers select books for homebound patrons receiving books from Words on Wheels. 

The purpose of this position is to price and stock books and related media at the Friends of Mesa County Libraries Novel Idea Bookstore at the Central library. Funds raised by the Friends' book sales are distributed to a variety of MCL programs, events, and capital projects. The Novel Idea Bookstore is located in the west entry way of the Central Library.

Responsibilities, Duties, Functions, Tasks (what must be completed to achieve the goals):

Qualifications (minimum experience, skills, education, knowledge):

·         Good organization skills and attention to detail

·         Customer service focus- capability to maintain a professional, courteous and friendly demeanor

·         Knowledge of popular books, genres, and authors is helpful

·         Excellent oral and written communication skills

·         Physical ability to lift up to 40 pounds

·         Physical ability to push, bend, stretch, reach, lift and read book spines

·         Strong desire to work individually and as a team

Requirements:

·         Current drivers license, auto insurance and ability to drive less than 1 mile

·         Must be at least 18 years old

·         Interview with Volunteer Coordinator, background check, signed waivers and 2-hour orientation

·         Communicate with other bookstore and kiosk clerks as needed

Time Commitment:

·         1 hours shifts available 9am-5pm, Monday – Saturday

The purpose of this position is to share computer skills with novice and intermediate computer users.  Many library patrons are learning to use a computer for the first time.  This position helps bridge the digital divide in our community.

The De Beque Volunteer plays a vital role in maintaining an organized and accessible library collection. By accurately shelving books and media, this position ensures materials are easy to find and readily available for patrons. Volunteers also contribute to a welcoming and safe environment that supports the library’s mission of community engagement and lifelong learning.

The purpose of this position is to assist the Collection Management department in preparing library materials for public use, repairing items in the collection, and retiring them when their time is through.

Responsibilities, Duties, Functions, Tasks

The Palisade Volunteer plays a vital role in maintaining an organized and accessible library collection. By accurately shelving books and media, this position ensures materials are easy to find and readily available for patrons. Volunteers also contribute to a welcoming and safe environment that supports the library’s mission of community engagement and lifelong learning.

Position Purpose: The purpose of this position is to organize and weed the Magazine Exchange, where patrons can donate and pick up free magazines. The main goal of the Exchange is to provide an unbiased selection of current magazines for patrons.

Supervisor: Public Services Coordinator

Responsibilities, Duties, Functions, Tasks (what must be completed to achieve the goals):

Qualifications (minimum experience, skills, education, knowledge):

Requirements:

Time Commitment:

The Shelving Assistant plays a vital role in maintaining an organized and accessible library collection. By accurately shelving books and media, this position ensures materials are easy to find and readily available for patrons. Volunteers also contribute to a welcoming and safe environment that supports the library’s mission of community engagement and lifelong learning.

Volunteers will sort book donations dropped at the Book Drop at First Congregational Church on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 10am-12pm.