Kyoto City Library Volunteers

Before you go

Volunteers at Kyoto City Library do the library’s most basic work: tidying shelves and shelving books.

The library describes the programme as part of running libraries in partnership with residents. Every volunteer tidies books on the shelves and shelves returned books; those who wish can also repair books and show readers how to use the OPAC search machines. Each session lasts about two hours, and volunteers choose which library to work at, except the Kosodate Library, the Community Plaza Fukakusa Library and the mobile library.

Applicants must be 18 or older on the day they apply, and applications are accepted all year: fill in the set application form and post it or bring it to the library of your choice. Before starting, volunteers go through an interview and training. There is no pay or travel allowance, and volunteers join volunteer insurance paid for by the library.