ACT Volunteer Role Description

Cataloguer

(Not currently recruiting)




Programme


Library

Supervisor


Librarian, Community Information

ACT's
Mission Statement


The AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT) delivers responsive, effective, and valued community-based HIV support services and education, prevention, outreach and fundraising programs that promote the health, well-being, worth and rights of individuals and communities living with, affected by and at risk for HIV/AIDS, and increase awareness of HIV/AIDS.




Purpose


To catalogue books and other material.

Benefits


Cataloguers are exposed to material as it arrives in the Library. This is an excellent way to keep up with HIV/AIDS literature. Although all volunteers in this position must have prior training in cataloguing, many volunteers find that this helps them keep in touch with cataloguing rules and practices.

Time Commitment


4 hours per week
for 6 months

Duties


The Volunteer will:
-Catalogue books and other material according to the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd ed., revised (AACR2R)
-Choose subject headings for items from the ACT Library's "Subject Authority List"
-Create catalogue records on the Library's Inmagic/DBTextworks database

Personal Qualities
and Skills


Required Qualities & Skills:
-At least one credit in a course on descriptive cataloguing from an accredited Library school
-Good analytical skills
-Familiarity with AACR2R

Training
Requirements


Volunteer Core Skills Training, Program-Specific Training, On-the-job Training with Supervisor and/or other Volunteers



For more information about or to apply for this role, contact:
Program Volunteer Resources Manager
AIDS Committee of Toronto
399 Church Street, 4th floor
Toronto, M5B 2J6

phone: (416) 340-2437