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 > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).