Volunteer

Connect – Collaborate – Communicate

For more than 100 years, The Westport library has been at the heart of the town’s cultural activity, and we are always looking for friends! Volunteering here is a wonderful way to share your enthusiasm for the Library, make new friends, and give back to your community.

Volunteers at The Westport Library, like our staff, work to ensure exceptional patron experiences and adhere to the following fundamental library principles:

  • Excellent public and customer service are the hallmark of our Library

  • Empathy and respect are key

  • Treat all patron information with the utmost confidentiality

  • Everybody who works in and with the Library is expected to demonstrate these values

To learn more about becoming a volunteer, please review the opportunities below and contact Jennifer Bangser, Director of Strategic Community Partnerships, at [email protected].

Book Sales

Westport Library Book Sales are a long-standing community tradition, powered by a dedicated team of volunteers, and raising invaluable support for the Library annually. Each year, generous patrons donate tens of thousands of used books for resale to benefit the Library.

The Library's Book Sales are operated by Westport Book Sale Ventures, an independent non-profit enterprise with the dual social mission to support the Westport Library, while providing meaningful employment for adults with disabilities. For more information, visit www.westportbooksales.org.

Programs
& Events

With our exciting new program and event capacity, we are looking for front-of-house volunteers to support evening and weekend events in our Forum, and on occasion, support events in other program spaces.

We need volunteers to help ensure that our events and programs are as well run and hospitable as possible. Our program volunteers assist staff, audiences and talent for such experiences as author talks, performances, lectures and more.

Front-of-House volunteers are asked to welcome patrons to events, assist with distribution of programs and materials, seating, and provide any assistance needed with minimal event set up and serving of refreshments when applicable.
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