JLF Author Activity Support Volunteers  - Boulder Main Library

Sat 09/17 - Sun 09/18 @ 07:45 AM to 07:30 PM

Jaipur Literature Festival

Please review these descriptions for the Volunteer positions and sign up to Volunteer. All Volunteers must also sign up and attend required training (https://bit.ly/3otF9Hd or link below). Minimum age to participate in these Author specific roles is 18 years old. AUTHOR LIAISON - As an Author Liaison, you will be assigned to each of the three Festival venues to help ensure that authors' arrival and departure to the venue goes smoothly. You will be responsible to ensure that authors arrive to the venue 15 minutes before their session to meet their session moderator. While this role is more logistical, it requires a high degree of personal responsibility, follow-through, communication and an easy going attitude. Author Liaisons are a key face of JLF Colorado team for the authors who travel to the festival. To be most effective in fulfilling these tasks, you should be familiar with the sessions, authors and all locations in the festival venue. You will be provided with a program brochure and venue map, which you should keep with you at all times. Be prepared to answer general questions about the festival and be familiar with the festival FAQs. Volunteer must be 18 or older. Court-Ordered Community Service volunteers are NOT accepted for this role. Online or In-person training is required for this role. Please sign up to attend one training session. AUTHOR'S LOUNGE MONITOR - Two private spaces at the library will serve as Author Lounges. Authors will be in and out of this space all day, store bags, grab snacks and have several meals. Author Lounge Monitors will ensure that authors are warmly welcomed and that the lounges are reserved for the authors and those with permission to enter. You will also help to keep drinks and snacks stocked, ensuring that authors are comfortable and refreshed. Volunteer must be 18 or older. Court-Ordered Community Service volunteers are NOT accepted for this role. Online or In-person training is required for this role. Please sign up to attend one training session. BOOK SIGNING VOLUNTEER - Book Signing Volunteers may guide the author to the book signing table and help to ensure that the book signing process is a calm, orderly, and enjoyable experience for all. You will help manage visitor lines and ensure that only those with books are in line and limit the number of visitors requesting signatures if requested by the author. At least 30 minutes before each book signing, you will check with the bookshop that the author books are available in the book signing area. Prior to each session, you will check with the bookshop that the author books are available for purchase (at the bookshop / and the book signing area) and that the author will be available for book signing post the session. You will also coordinate with the ushers to clarify which one of you will bring the authors to the book signing table immediately after the session – either the Usher or the Book Signing Volunteer. Books are only signed for approximately 15 minutes after a session so quick movement from the venue to the book signing table is important. Online or In-person training is required for this role. Please sign up to attend one training session. **All Volunteers are required to attend a training session. Click the link below to sign up.**

Volunteers Registered: 36