The Human Factor: Volunteers in Libraries

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Published: Apr 27, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31046/anztla.vi11.271

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Philip Harvey

Abstract

Here are two ways of talking about the same subject, volunteers in libraries. In the first part, Philip Harvey identifies issues in volunteerism by recourse to ten types of volunteer. This was the introductory paper he gave at the Adelaide Conference of ANZTLA in July 2013 at a panel on volunteers. The second part is an edited summary of an online conversation between members of the Association in June 2013 held on the ANZTLA-Forum. The conversation was edited by Philip Harvey and subsequently posted on the Forum.

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No. 11 (2013)
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Philip Harvey

Philip Harvey was until the 6th July, 2013 the President of ANZTLA. ANZTLA is a library association that welcomes membership of libraries and librarians of all faiths, though its current membership mainly reflects the widely diverse forms of Christian practice. He runs the Carmelite Library, a theological library specialising in spirituality and mysticism. It holds the best collection of spirituality of the major religions in Melbourne. Philip is also on the Committee of the Institute for Spiritual Studies, a public forum in his Melbourne parish that invites speakers on inter-religious dialogue. He is the Poetry Editor of Eureka Street, the Jesuit online journal that regularly publishes articles on this subject, giving voice to the different faith traditions in Australia.