The American Association of Museums has a tremendous number of materials
available about volunteers, as well as professional contacts to whom they
can direct you.

As for interns -- look for college and university programs that have well
established and meaningful programs through which they direct their students
toward internships.  My favorite remains Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa.
I am sure there are others.

Ellen B. Cutler
LNB Associates: writing, editing, proofreading, research services
Aberdeen, MD  21001


----- Original Message -----
From: Burton, George A. <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 8:23 AM
Subject: Volunteer and Internship Programs


> We're a new organization, and I'm developing our first volunteer program
and
> internship program.  Does anyone have information they can share or point
me
> to?  I tried looking in the Museum-L archives but didn't find much except
> for several useful messages on gifts for volunteers.  I'd really
appreciate
> samples of guidelines, forms, and procedures, as well as recruiting and
> retention techniques.
>
> Here's some context:  We're participating in a large meeting in June with
an
> opportunity to recruit our first volunteers.  So our immediate task is to
> prepare some kind of brochure to hand out and some kind of form for
> potential volunteers to return to us.
>
> Thank you!
> George Burton, Human Resources Administrator
> The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity
>
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