Volunteer with the Lake Oswego Public Library!

Since 1988, the Lake Oswego Public Library has enjoyed a strong tradition of community volunteer support. Our volunteers take part in making the library a thriving community center—contributing thousands of hours each year—and we’re always looking for more help! Volunteers range in age from fourteen to retired. Even whole families and civic groups volunteer their time to work together on projects.

Just about every sort of opportunity is available to our volunteers, from clerical work and data entry to helping with craft programs for children or setting up chairs for programs. Here are just a few of the possible ways you can help out:

• Book Drop Pickup
• Home Delivery of materials to patrons 
• Seed Library Volunteer
• Cleaning, organizing and restocking Library essentials before opening
• Shelf Reading
• Helping with craft programs for children
• Event setup 
• Photocopying Crossword Puzzles
• Newspaper Indexing 
• Technical services support 
• Managing bulletin boards
• Putting together puzzles to identify missing pieces: may be done at home!

Teens: to volunteer for Summer Library Challenge or Camp LOPL, please reach out to Nancy in May for required training and shift availability. 

To apply, please click on the appropriate link on the right hand side of this page

Questions? Contact Nancy at 503.675.2538 or nniland@lakeoswego.city