The First International Conference on Voluntary Activities in Libraries, Museums and Archives

Conference Themes

The First (1^st) International Conference on Voluntary Activities in Libraries, Museums and Archives

 

 

Creating and Fostering the Culture of Voluntary Activities

• The supporting role of the Knowledge and Information Science society and Library and Information Science Association (faculty members, students, professional associations, librarians, library managers)

• Policies, methods and approaches to value voluntary activities

• The impact of policy makers, decision makers and cultural custodians` support

• The role of education systems

• Marketing and advertisement strategies for persuading people to do voluntary jobs

• The role of religious, ethical and patriotic beliefs to foster voluntary activities

 

Strategies and Plans for Promoting and Developing Voluntary Activities

• Planning and networking for volunteers

• Training and empowering volunteers

• Organizing and benefiting from volunteers

• Monitoring and assessment of voluntary activities

• Management of volunteers

• Social capital and non-governmental organizations to collaborate with libraries

• Fostering the culture of “service endowment”

• Volunteer motivations (personal, social, professional, financial, moral, etc.)

• Setting rules, developing guidelines and revising the current ones

• New technologies for organizing and developing voluntary activities

• Remote volunteering

• Collaboration with national and international organizations on providing voluntary services

• Futures studies on volunteer activities

 

Contributing Factors and Barriers to Recruiting Volunteers

• Volunteers and the law

• Novel approaches to improve volunteer participation 

• Motivating and inspiring volunteers

• Volunteer retention strategies

• Marketing strategies and voluntary services

• Volunteers training, leaning materials and programs

 

Challenges and Opportunities of Volunteers in Libraries.

• Developing and enhancing library services

• Personal development of community members

• Developing reading culture

• Promoting literacy activities

• Voluntary activities and the society`s mental health 

• The economic benefits of volunteering work 

• Voluntary activities and the socio-cultural indicators

• Developing human resources efficiency

• Volunteering challenges: legal, safety and professional measures