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2004
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ754232 |
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- Perks, Rewards, and Glory: The Care and Feeding of Volunteers Fullner, Sheryl Kindle School Libraries Volunteers Rewards Recognition (Achievement) Positive Reinforcement Library Administration Not all volunteers respond the same way to the same stimuli. The purpose of this article is to suggest several ways to nurture volunteers in a library media center setting. Some might respond best to a printed word of appreciation or recognition in a district newsletter, while others would value a book or pin as a gift. Perks, like allowing volunteers to be the first to check out new books, take magazines home for a night, or receive gifts of duplicate or unsolicited materials, are also ways of showing appreciation for their hard work and dedication. Cultivating a mindset that is alert to ways of inventively and quickly sending messages of appreciation and value to media center volunteers is a small price to pay to recognize all of the free hours of work these volunteers provide.