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Note: We provide many specific links to Web sites throughout the Library, under each subject category. The sites listed here offer an especially substantial amount of free information on many aspects of volunteer management.
Action Without Borders/Idealist.org, partnering with Energize, launched the 
Archival Collection
of Ivan H. Scheier
http://academic.regis.edu/volunteer/ivan
Ivan has been one of the most instrumental and forward-thinking leaders
in the volunteerism field for over three decades. Now in his 70s,
Ivan is sharing more than 700 pages of his innovative writings, most
out of print and only available online.
Canadian Heritage Community
Partnership and Voluntarism Collection
http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/heritage/ComPartnE/pub_list.htm
Resources on recruiting volunteers, fundraising and promotion
CASA
http://www.casanet.org/program-management/volunteer-manage/index.htm
Wide range of materials on volunteer recruitment, retention, screening
and supervision, from Court Appointed Special Advocates.
Charity Village
http://www.charityvillage.com/cv/research/rvol.html
Long list of articles in
the "Volunteer Recruitment, Relations and Management" area
of this key Canadian site.
The Chronicle
of Philanthropy
http://philanthropy.com/section/Volunteers/249/
Volunteerism is one of the
categories in The Chronicle's "Philanthropy Careers"
Web site. They post solid articles on current issues, practical
and philosophical.
CSV Reports
on... Series
http://www.csv.org.uk/Resources/
Community Service Volunteers
(CSV) in the UK produces a list of free reports and articles to "
inform and energise the debate about the future of volunteering."
e-Volunteerism: The
Electronic Journal of the Volunteerism Community
http://e-Volunteerism.com
Quarterly electronic publication for volunteer leaders/managers who
want to "go beyond the mundane in the volunteerism field."
Every item in the publication is interactive, inviting you to contribute
comments and additional materials.
Managing Volunteeer Programs
(assembled by Carter McNamara, PhD)
http://www.mapnp.org/library/staffing/outsrcng/
volnteer/volnteer.htm
Selection of articles throughout the Web on volunteer management
Mary Merrill -
Essays
http://www.merrillassociates.net/
Mary Merrill, well-known volunteer management consultant, posted a monthly essay
on volunteer management until her death in early 2006. Her site remains available as an archive.
National
Occupational Standards for Recruiting and Managing Volunteers
The detailed and comprehensive
set of occupation standards for the role of volunteer program manager
in the UK (available free in PDF and Word formats).
National Service
Resource Center
http://www.nationalserviceresources.org
Provided by the Corporation for National and Community Service. Variety of resources related
to community service and volunteering, including various online publications
and searchable "best practices" ideas.
Northern Ireland
Volunteer Development Agency
http://www.volunteering-ni.org/what_we__do/publications/
Extensive selection of free,
downloadable publications, checklists, and tools for volunteer programs.
OneWorld Topic Guide
on Volunteering
http://uk.oneworld.net/guides/volunteering
The OneWorld site focuses
on civil society, human rights, and sustainable development (in 12
languages). This international Topic Guide illustrates different
types of volunteering and examines three issues which may influence
conventional ways of thinking about the subject: Mainstreaming Volunteering,
Corporate Volunteering, and Governance.
OzVPM: Essential Resources for the Volunteer Program
Manager
http://www.ozvpm.com
Australasian site (and international
partner of Energize) with a growing set of documents and links to
volunteerism resources in Australia and the Pacific, monthly hot topic
essays, and an active online discussion forum.
ServiceLeader.org
http://www.serviceleader.org
Wide range of information
on volunteer management and virtual volunteering, from the RGK Center
for Philanthropy and Community Service at the LBJ School of Public
Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.
Special Collection
on Volunteerism
http://www.regis.edu/library.asp?page=about.collections.volunteer
Regis University in Denver,
Colorado has been amassing one of the field's largest online depositories
" to collect, preserve, promote and encourage research and study
in the field of volunteerism." Includes the Ivan Scheier Archive
(see above).
Voluntary Sector
Knowledge Network - Managing People
http://www.vskn.ca/index.php?/page/view/9f8c828c-9080-102c-8f81-19d5e4f626d7
Material (articles, Web
links) compiled by the University of Victoria School of Public Administration
on all aspects of nonprofit management, including an entire section
on volunteer management.
Volunteer Canada
- Volunteer Management Resources
http://volunteer.ca/en/resource/management/resources
How-to resources on many
volunteer management topics, most free for download or for sale in
printed form.
Volunteer Management Resource Center
http://www.idealist.org/vmrc
Comprehensive site from Action Without Borders/Idealist.org (partnering with Energize).
Volunteer Management
Review Archive
http://www.charitychannel.com/articles/article-categories/volunteer-management-review.aspx
Back issues of Charity Channel's
e-newsletter with articles on many volunteer subjects.
Volunteer Power
Archive
http://www.volunteerpower.com/articles/EzineArchives.asp
Articles on a diversity
of volunteerism topics by consultant Tom McKee.
VolunteerResource.org Shut down, 6/09, by HandsOnNetwork. Resources to be reorganized and made available in other ways.
www.volunteerresource.org
A comprehensive library of resources and effective practices on volunteering and volunteer management.
Volunteer Today
http://www.volunteertoday.com
Nancy Macduff’s Web
site with monthly current material and links.
Volunteering Australia
Resource File
http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/
Click on "publications" for a range of articles on various
aspects of volunteer management.
Volunteering England
free publications
http://www.volunteering.org.uk/Resources/publications/freeguides.htm
There are many valuable
items throughout this site, but this page offers a range of free PDF
files on various subjects. (Volunteering England was
formed through a merger of the National Centre on Volunteering and
two other organizations in 2004.)
Volunteers and Volunteering Research Collection
http://library.imaginecanada.ca/vvr/
Resources developed from projects funded by the Canada Volunteerism Initiative's Knowledge Development Centre (2002 - 2007) and the International Year of Volunteers Research Program (2001 - 2002). Site provided by Imagine Canada.
Wales Council for Voluntary Action - Managing Volunteers
http://www.wcva.org.uk/volunteering/dsp_managing.cfm?0=0&display_sitetextid=103
There are many resources on this site, but this page offers many free resources to volunteer managers, including model policies, recruitment advice, and more.
World Volunteer Web
http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org
As a follow up to the International
Year of Volunteers 2001, United Nations Volunteers (UNV) has created
a comprehensive Web site offering continuing news of worldwide volunteer
efforts, including government actions, research reports, and links
to international volunteer resources.
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