VlS maintains a library of books, manuals, and newsletters. Topics include staff and volunteer training, volunteer recruitment, screening, mentoring, and effective volunteer program management. You may browse through the materials at our offices at the United Way or check out anything you are interested in for two weeks.
Please contact our office for further details.
Books:
The Volunteer Recruitment Book
Susan J. Ellis
Volunteer Management - Practices and Retention of Volunteers
Mark A. Hager & Jeffrey L. Brudney
Proof Positive - Developing Significant Volunteer Recordkeeping Systems
Susan J. Ellis & Katherine H. Noyes
101 Ideas for Volunteer Programs
Steve McCurley & Sue Vineyard
101 Tips for Volunteer Recruitment
Steve McCurley & Sue Vineyard
The (help) I Don't Have Enough Time Guide to Volunteer Management
Katherine Noyes Campbell & Susan J. Ellis
Better Than Money Can Buy
Joseph Kilpatrick & Sanford Danzinger
Volunteer Management - Mobilizing All the Resources of the Community
Steve McCurley & Rick Lynch
Essential Volunteer Management
Steve McCurley & Rick Lynch
Chicken Soup for the Volunteers Soul
Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Arline Oberst, John Boal, et al.
Magazines/Journals:
Volunteer Leadership
Editions dating back to 2002