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Volunteer Opportunities at the Library

Library Volunteers can:

Make new friends

Gain new perspectives

Learn new skills

Provide valuable services

Become involved in the community

Make a difference!

Be a volunteer at the Central Library, or at one of the four Library Branches located throughout Huntington Beach.

Volunteers donate over 32,000 hours annually to the Huntington Beach Public Library System, which equate to over $525,000 in personnel savings, helping us provide excellent library programs and services.

Where can volunteers help?

Library Branches
Just one library employee staffs each of the Library branches. Therefore, an ongoing need exists for volunteers at these special neighborhood libraries to help find materials for patrons, check books in and out, and reshelve materials. Homework assistance and "grandparent" readers are also needed. To volunteer, please contact the branch directly:

Main Street Branch
525 Main Street, (714) 375-5071
Contact by E-mail

Banning Branch
9281 Banning Avenue, (714) 375-5005
Contact by E-mail

Helen Murphy Branch
15882 Graham Street, (714) 375-5006
Contact by E-mail

Oak View Branch
17251 Oak Lane, (714) 375-5068
Contact by E-mail

Building Maintenance
Volunteers are needed to dust and polish furniture, clean windows, spot clean carpets and provide other general cleaning as needed. Call (714) 375-5033 to volunteer your services.

Children's Department
Volunteers are needed to clean, straighten and shelve books. Additionally, volunteers provide assistance at weekly storytimes and annual children's programs. Call (714) 375-5107.

Circulation Department
Positions are available to remove date due stickers, and to clean and shelve returned materials. During the school year, tutors are needed for the after school Homework Club. For further information, call (714) 375-5033.

Adult Literacy
Literacy Volunteers - Huntington Beach Library helps adults improve their reading, writing and speaking skills. The Library has a teaching collection, a computer lab, and a tutoring area. For more information, call (714) 375-5102.

Family Literacy
The Family Literacy Program needs volunteers to help parents learn to read, write and speak English to assist their children in these same efforts. After 15-hours of training, tutors meet once or twice weekly one-on-one or with a small group of adults. For more information on how you can become a tutor call (714) 375-5104.

Reference Department
Volunteers are needed to assist Reference personnel with special projects in addition to helping in the magazine area. Call (714) 842-4481 and ask for the Reference supervisor for further information.

Other volunteer opportunities involve working with one or more Library support groups at the right.

Click on a topic below for additional information on library volunteers.

Library Board

Friends of the
Children's Library

Friends of the Library
and Gift Shop

Genealogy Society

HB Art League

Friends of Library Events

Literacy Volunteers