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Volunteer Opportunities

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The Dallas Public Library needs volunteers for a variety of programs. Here's a sampling of the many opportunities available:
  • Shelving books & other materials
  • Assist with Book Repair
  • Spanish-Language Translator
  • Children's Assistant
  • Summer Reading Club Assistant
  • Assisting with Exhibits and Displays
  • Indexer (Remove this line)
  • Receptionist
  • Marketing Assistant
  • Assist in BookEnds bookstore

For information on scheduling: a school or group tour of the downtown Central Library; volunteer outreach opportunities; or court ordered community service hours, please call (214) 670-1789.

To volunteer at the Dallas Public Library, you will need to complete a Volunteer Application form. Applications are available online (see link above). Or you may pick up an application at any branch library or the downtown Central Library.

If you have additional questions regarding volunteer opportunities, send us an email: volunteer@dallaslibrary.org or write to:


Volunteer Coordinator
Dallas Public Library
1515 Young Street
Dallas, TX 75201

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Central Library Volunteer Opportunities

BookEnds
  • Retail sales
  • Customer Service
  • Price books
Business & Technology
  • Inventory of medical collection
  • Inventory of our directory and make an excel list of those titles
  • Labeling our microfilm of car manuals and Sear's Catalogs
  • Barcoding limited access materials
  • Sweeping limited access and dusting floor
Catalog Division
  • Set up a spread sheet or database
  • Produce reports based on this spreadsheet
  • Prepare the materials for shipping
  • Check-in the materials
  • Update the database/spreadsheet
Children’s Center
  • Shelf reading
  • Gift processing
  • Poetry volunteers for ceremony
  • Shelving Assisting with displays
  • Table covering adjusting
  • Face painting – International Book Fair
  • Summer Reading Program – volunteers
Fine Arts
  • Check bar codes
  • Straighten magazines
  • Make labels
  • Straighten magazines
Government Information Center
  • Shelf shifting
  • Rehouse collection
History & Social Sciences
  • Data Entry (Computer literate with lots of hours)
  • Bar Coding
Humanities
  • Stamping limited access materials
  • Entering limited access data
Human Resources
  • Complete filing
Library on Wheels
  • Gift Processing
  • Re-shelving
  • Cleaning Outreach Office
Mail Room
  • Sort materials
Texas/Dallas
  • Catalog photographs
  • Create list of photographs
  • Sort/list archival plans
  • Rehouse materials
  • Place materials in protective sleeves
Transfer Center
  • Sort Materials
  • Box Materials

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Branch Library Volunteer Opportunities

Arcadia Park
1302 N. Justin Ave. 75211
214-670-6446
 
Audelia Road
10045 Audelia Rd. 75238
214-670-1350
  • Adopt-A-Shelf Volunteers
  • After School Programming
  • Computer Workshops
  • Door Greeters
  • Event Assistance
  • Homework Helpers
  • Reserve Request Processing
  • Summer Reading Programming
Casa View
10355 Ferguson Rd. 75228
214-670-8403
 
Dallas West
2332 Singleton Blvd. 75212
214-670-6445
 
Forest Green
9015 Forest Ln. 75243
214-670-1335
 
Fretz Park
6990 Belt Line Rd. 75240
214-670-6421
 
Grauwyler Park
2146 Gilford Street
Dallas, Texas 75235
214-671-1479
  • Shelving, sorting, labeling books & other materials (DVDs, VHS, CDs)
  • Shelves: Reading, Lifting, Straightening
  • Assist with Book Repair
  • Spanish-Language Translator
  • Children's Assistant
  • Summer Reading Club Assistant
  • Assisting with Exhibits and Displays
  • Sort Donations
Hampton-Illinois
2951 S. Hampton Rd. 75224
214-670-7646
  • Assist with events
  • Monitor computer use
  • Assist young people
Highland Hills
3624 Simpson Stuart Rd. 75241
214-670-0987
 
Kleberg-Rylie
1301 Edd Rd. 75253
214-670-8471
 
Lakewood
6121 Worth St. 75214
214-670-1376
  • Pick up recycled items
  • Rake leaves
  • Remove stickers from books
Martin Luther King, Jr.
2922 Martin Luther King Blvd. 75215
214-670-0344
  • Teach Word computer
Mountain Creek
6102 Mountain Creek Pkwy. 75249
214-670-6704
  • Shelves: Reading, Lifting, Straightening
  • Recycling
  • Data Entry
  • Assist with Special Events
  • Assist with children and young adults
  • Circulation List
North Oak Cliff
302 W. Tenth St. 75208
214-670-7555
  • Processing new materials
  • Shelving materials
  • Assist with programming
  • Teach computer classes
  • Straighten library
  • Special projects
Oak Lawn
4100 Cedar Springs Rd. 75219
214-670-1359
  • Assist ESL students
  • Shelf shifting
  • Assist patrons with computers
Park Forest
3421 Forest Ln. 7523
214-670-6333
  • Shifting collections
  • Data entry
  • ESL tutoring
Paul Laurence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest
2008 E. Kiest Blvd. 75216
214-670-1952
  • Summer Reading Program
  • Shelf Shifting
Pleasant Grove
1125 S. Buckner Blvd. 75217
214-670-0965
 
Polk-Wisdom
7151 Library Ln. 75232
214-670-1947
  • Summer Reading Program
  • Shelf Shifting
Preston Royal
5626 Royal Ln. 75229
214-670-7128
 
Renner Frankford
6400 Frankford Rd. 75252
214-670-6100
  • Sort and shelve books and media
  • Help with the Summer Reading Program
  • Work with magazines and newspapers
  • Shift books
  • Add/remove stickers on material
  • Check media for problems
Skillman Southwestern
5707 Skillman St. 75206
214-670-6078
  • Shelving
  • Youth programming and bulletin boards
  • Labeling projects
  • Working with inventory lists
Skyline
6006 Everglade Rd. 75227
214-670-0938
  • Shelf reading and straightening
  • Stamping books
  • Sorting gift material
Walnut Hill
9495 Marsh Ln. 75220
214-670-6376
  • Shelving books if page test is passed
  • Helping with Children’s programs
  • Cutting out whatever needs to be cut out usually projects for children programming
  • Book repairs
  • Picking up books and straightening shelves
  • Putting W on items being withdrawn
  • Date stamping new materials

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