The Library relies on student and adult volunteers to help shelve and organize Library materials, as well as assist with programs and activities. If you are interested in adding your name to the Adult Volunteer list, please fill out this form. Teenagers should fill out the separate Teen Voulenteer Form if interested.

Regular Volunteer 

• There is a brief 20-minute interview process and a subsequent 20-minute orientation and training session
• Schedule regularity (i.e. weekly, monthly, etc.)
• Work closely with Library staff

Sherborn Library Adopt-a-Shelf Volunteers

• Volunteers with irregular availability
• Families/groups looking to make a positive community contribution
• Independent, unscheduled volunteering with the exception of the initial 30-minute orientation and training session

Join the Friends! 

The Friends of the Sherborn Library are looking for new members. If you're interested in volunteering or getting involved with Friends, please email sherbornlibraryfriends@gmail.com. For more information about how to support or get involved with Friends of the Sherborn Library, visit the website. 

If you’d like to volunteer occasionally (i.e. Arts & Crafts Fair, Book Sale, etc.), but can’t commit to becoming a member, consider becoming a “Friend of the Friends.” Please email sherbornlibraryfriends@gmail.com.

Please be advised all volunteers are required to pass a CORI background check, and we cannot accommodate court-ordered community service.

Starting June 2025

Introducing Sherborn Library’s Adopt-a-Shelf Program! Help regularly and independently keep our library maintained by adopting a shelf (or several). Like the Adopt a Highway program, patrons adopt a shelf and take care of it; making sure the books are in order and only the books that belong on that shelf are there in a neat manner. Please fill out the Adult Volunteer Application Form to inquire more. 

Plan to spend 1-2 hours each month taking care of your shelf in the following ways:

• Dusting the books and shelves
• “Facing” the shelves by bringing the books to the edge of the bookshelf
• Make sure the correct books are on the shelf & in Dewey Decimal Order
• Placing books that don’t belong on your designated shelf on the carts found throughout the library

If you are interested in Adopt-A-Shelf or adding your name to the Adult Volunteer list, please fill out this form.