Public libraries need volunteers. (Charlotte Observer, 6/22/2011)
Excerpt: Currently, 9 percent of total staffing hours are volunteer hours.
"We had a good volunteer base to start with, and we've basically amped up those efforts," said library spokeswoman Cordelia Anderson.
In the last fiscal year, volunteerism has more than doubled - from 25,000 hours a year to more than 55,000 hours, Wall said. "People who love libraries have risen to the occasion."
The Future of the Library Task Force was created last fall at the urging of Mecklenburg County officials, who wanted ideas on how to make the library system more sustainable in the face of steep budget cuts. In March, they presented their report.
The task force said the current level of volunteerism is unsustainable, so the group recommended Charlotte Mecklenburg Library work to maintain enough volunteers for 5 percent or more of total staffing hours, Anderson said.
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