September 15, 2008

Juan Lee , UT

Question:

I have a weird question: Does anybody ask for (a) Total number of library volunteers in a year and (b) Total number of hours those volunteers worked in the library in a year?

If YES, how do you count the number of volunteers? For example: One person who volunteers to conduct a storytime every week (52 times a year) - is that ONE volunteer or 52 volunteers?

Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks,

Comments: 

Stacey Malek, TX

We ask how many total hours volunteers worked in the libraries during the year.

Bray, Ira, CA

We ask for volunteer FTE per week, here are our instructions:

Volunteers.  FTE volunteer workers, average per week.  Enter number of persons in Full Time Equivalents, not number of hours worked.  A person who volunteers ten hours a week would be counted as .25 FTE, i.e., one quarter the time of a full time person.

Thomas Ladd, NH

New Hampshire counts volunteer efforts in two ways:

 Number of Volunteers

 How many volunteers does your library have?

Defined: “Report the total number of individual volunteers working at your library during the reporting year, regardless of the number of hours they worked.”

Volunteer Hours

TOTAL hours volunteered in a typical week in your library.  Defined  “Report the number of hours volunteered in a typical week at your library by all volunteers.”

I hope that this helps!

Amy Johnson, FL

Juan, Florida asks “Total number of volunteer hours”.  The definition is “Report the total number of hours worked by library volunteers during the year.”

I hope this helps.