You will want to get the book "Standards and Guidelines for Museum
Internships" published by AAM.  I have found it very useful in revamping out
internship program.

-----Original Message-----
From: Burton, George A. <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 10:37 AM
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] 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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