Library - Santa Teresa Branch

Are you looking for a fun way to volunteer from home? San José Public Library is looking for teenagers (ages 13-18) who are avid book readers interested in writing book reviews. Each book you review counts as 1 hour of volunteering. You can write up to 1 review per month. 

How You Will Make a Difference

Teen Book Reviewers play a pivotal role in encouraging other teens to read the same fun books from our library catalog that you're reading. 

Volunteers are needed to:

• Write a book review following these guidelines 
  
  • Book review must be one paragraph long
  • Include a short summary of the book
  • Write about what you liked or disliked about the book
  • Avoid spoilers
  • Must be in your own words
  • Use of Chat GPT or other generative AI is not allowed
• Send your review to a designated branch librarian. The librarian will ensure it meets the guidelines and get back to you
• Once you hear from the librarian, post your review on our library catalog, sjpl.bibliocommons.com
  
  • Give it an Age rating and a Star rating
  • Make sure your review is made public so that it can be seen
• Send the librarian a link to your review, and BOOM! You’ve just earned an hour of volunteer service 

Benefits

• Promotes a love of lifelong reading among youth
• Connect with your community and provide a desired service
• Share your opinions of author's writings
• Develop writing skills

Commitment/Schedule

You can write up to 1 review per month. Schedule is dependent on the availability of the volunteer.

Please only sign up for one library branch for this volunteer opportunity.