{"id":5300,"date":"2024-12-02T19:32:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T19:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/?p=5300"},"modified":"2024-12-05T17:03:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T17:03:00","slug":"volunteering-at-holyrood-library-december-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/2024\/12\/02\/volunteering-at-holyrood-library-december-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteering at Holyrood Library, December Update\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Library Volunteers<\/strong> have been working hard on some great projects to brighten these dark, Winter months.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Reader of the Month notice board<\/p><\/div>\n

Rand and Tafsirr created a Reader of the Month<\/strong> noticeboard, to recognise enjoyment and effort in reading. <\/span><\/p>\n

This month’s award winners – <\/span>Balint (S2), Egbert (S1) & Melissa (S3), will each receive a book of their choice from the book vending machine. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Book Swap here!<\/p><\/div>\n

Thanks to Filza, Gia and Izza who created this beautiful giant sign for our Book Swap<\/strong> table during Book Week Scotland<\/strong>. They used the lighthouse logo to represent \u2018Hope\u2019 and added their own style and flourish. The Book Swap was a great success.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Book swapping at interval<\/p><\/div>\n

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Enjoying books together at the Coffee morning<\/p><\/div>\n

Our Staff Coffee Morning<\/strong> was a hoot (thanks to Ms Ford for bringing Hedwig along), and S3 Volunteers helped serve refreshments, and gave out copies of \u2018Hope\u2019 kindly gifted by the Scottish Book Trust.<\/span> There was plenty of great chat between staff and young people, who love sharing book recommendations together .<\/span><\/p>\n

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S4 Volunteer Lucy, working at the issue desk<\/p><\/div>\n

Our 14 Volunteers, ranging from S3 – S6 have a lot of fun, but there\u2019s also a goal to achieve, which is completing their Duke of Edinburgh Award<\/strong> at either Bronze or Silver level; or for S6 \u2013 their Caritas or Leadership Award. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Like all school librarians, I’m always proud to support our young people with their volunteering, and see this is a key aspect of our School Library Service, offering \u00a0\u201ca wide range of interesting and fun volunteering experiences that help others develop new skills and make new friends\u201d. <\/strong><\/span>A Vision for Glasgow Life Libraries, April 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

Our October Volunteers’ Survey<\/strong> asked –\u00a0 What is your favourite thing about volunteering?<\/p>\n

“Meeting new people and becoming friends. The Library is a really inviting space and the people I’ve met are all amazing.” (S3 Volunteer)<\/em><\/p>\n

“I really enjoyed the creative tasks like wrapping a gift and putting up the posters. But also the less creative tasks like taking record of newly ordered books so all in all I\u2019ve enjoyed pretty much everything!” (S6 Volunteer)<\/em><\/p>\n

In the survey, our young people agreed that they had achieved some, or all of the following outcomes through volunteering :<\/p>\n

1. Of benefit to the school community 2. Teamwork 3. Helping other people 4. Learning new skills 5. Good for my mental health 6. Good for my confidence<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>We\u2019ll have more projects and book recommendations to share in 2025. Happy Reading!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t