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Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4793] Fwd: [DDN] FW: Geaux Library Project (shelters) needs your help!
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Becky Hebert, one of the organizers of this project, works for the
NN/LM providing community outreach in the Southeast Atlantic Region.
I know she will do a great job with this project. Please note there
are jobs for people at a distance.
Siobhan
Please pass on to anyone you know or any listserv you are on...
Dear Librarians, Information Professionals and other Friends,
The Geaux Library Project www.geauxlibrary.org will attempt to meet
the information needs at hurricane evacuee shelters around Louisiana
and beyond. Using computers and networking equipment donated to the
Red Cross and others by large commercial and local IT companies, we
will be setting up small computer labs at Red Cross shelters and
staffing them with librarians and other trained volunteers.
Our pilot locations in Louisiana will include the Gonzales, Baton
Rouge, and Acadiana (Lafayette) areas. We need your help!
Specifically, we have openings for the following volunteer positions:
On-site positions
O Geaux Getters
o You will do an initial needs assessment on the shelter(s) in
your area. You will be provided with a questionnaire to determine
the information necessary for the project. This will require you to
visit the shelter physically and in put your findings into a
web-based form.
Geaux Coordinators
o You will be responsible for determining and assigning the
necessary amount of volunteers for shelter(s) that they oversee.
Communications will take place over the phone, online, and possibly
in person. Coordinators may need to periodically visit the shelter
site to determine adequacy of resources. Coordinators can also
double as Geaux Librarians.
v Geaux Librarians
o You will be asked to supervise a small network of computers
and volunteers in a shelter. This may include: reference, referring
in-depth questions to our searcher network, data entry, instruction
on computer use to a population with very limited computer skills,
coordinating computer usage times among patrons, opening and/or
closing the computer area, basic technical support i.e. turning on
computer and maintaining a printer and/or fax machine, other duties
as they arise. Shifts are flexible.
Geauxfers
o You will need to be available to do anything the Geaux
Librarians or Geaux Coordinators need you to do.
Geaux Techs
o Hardware and network techs will be needed to troubleshoot
any issues that may come up at the various sites, and setup new
shelter computers. Some of the work may be done remotely depending
on the issue.
H Geaux Couriers
o You will drive equipment and supplies from a pickup point to
the shelters. This can be a one time job or you can volunteer to do
it more often. We will specify the locations as they come up.
o We have an immediate need for a Geaux Courier to bring
equipment from Lafayette to Gonzales or Baton Rouge!
Remote positions
R Geaux Speed Searcher
o You will be issued a login ID and password that will give
you access to questions posted by onsite librarians. You may work on
these answers and view other answers until a notice has been posted
that no more are needed. This may be done anytime, anywhere, and
our only request is, in accordance with the ALA Code of Ethics, to
respect the confidentiality of these questions.
Geaux Writer
o You will write content for the website as needed such as
policies, volunteer position descriptions, link descriptions, etc..
Experience in writing clear, easy to read information in a must.
w Geaux Webmaster
o You will maintain the geauxlibrary.org website. You must
have experience in using a variety of web programming languages and
using database driven websites.
Everything is completely voluntary at this time, but the satisfaction
you receive will be helping hurricane Katrina victims by doing what
you know how to do better than anyone else!
For more information and further description of volunteer
opportunities, please see our website at www.geauxlibrary.org . Go
there to fill out the volunteer signup form to become part of this
much needed project.
We are also accepting Donations through the website. Click on the
For Donors section to see what items we need and how to donate.
We will be putting out instructions on how to start your own Geaux
Library in your area soon, so keep watching the website for more
information. The website is just now functional to get more
volunteers and donations. We will add more information when we get
some help.
Geaux Library Project (shelter) Organizers,
Becky Hebert and Addie Fletcher
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