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This is the master database of all items in the Archive, including the books, journal articles and Timeline items referenced elsewhere on this website. This database is searchable by title, author, type, and topic. Special tags also exist for Research, Non-US/International items, and documents specifically related to the history of the Association for Volunteer Administration (AVA). All PDF documents may be downloaded for free. If you identify errors, please contact us immediately so we can make the necessary corrections.

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Year Title Source Author Type File
1967 National Register of Volunteer Jobs in Court Settings
 The National Information Center on Volunteers in Courts, Boulder, CO Ivan H. Scheier, Ursula Davies, Marilyn Jorrie, Ronald Matson Report / Study Download
1971 Recruiting Minority Group and Low Income People as Court Volunteers
 The National Information Center on Volunteerism, Boulder, CO January 1971 Theresa Yancey, Sandra McFeeley, Phyllis C. Lake, Ivan H. Scheier Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1971 Volunteer Courts in America: The New Decade 1971-1979
 The National Information Center on Volunteers in Courts, Boulder, CO Ivan H. Scheier, Louise H. Allen Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1973 Volunteer Training for Courts and Corrections
 Scarecrow Press Ivan H. Scheier, James D. Jorgensen Book Download
1974 Need Overlap Analysis: A Technique for Job Development
 Synergist, ACTION, Washington, DC Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1975 Values in Volunteerism - Time to Reconsider
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Summer 1975 Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1975 Volunteer Feedback Form
 National Information Center on Volunteerism, Inc. (NICOV), Boulder, Co Ivan H. Scheier Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1975 Top Management Self-Checklist in Regard to Volunteer Programs
 National Information Center on Volunteerism, Inc. (NICOV), Boulder, CO Ivan H. Scheier Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1976 Advocacy Volunteering - Two viewpoints
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Fall 1976 Harriet H. Naylor, Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1976 Report on an Educational Needs Survey for the Leadership of Volunteers
 National Information Center on Volunteerism, Inc. A.C. Gowdey, R. Cooper, Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1977 People Approach: 9 New Strategies for Citizen Volunteer Involvement
 National Information Center on Volunteerism Ivan H. Scheier Book Download
1978 On the Evolution of a Collaboration: A Case Study
 Volunteer Administration Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1978 Winning With Staff: A New Look at Staff Support for Volunteers
 National Information Center on Volunteerism, Inc. (NICOV), Boulder, Co Ivan H. Scheier Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1979 Ethics in Volunteerism: A Beginning Dialogue
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1979 Putnam Barber, Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1979 Volunteers: A Priceless Resource? Two Professionals Offer Some Penetrating Insights
 Foundation News, July/August 1979 Ivan H. Scheier, Susan R. Greene Article Download
1980 Going Up? A Look at Your Upward Mobility Potential
 Volunteer Administration Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1980 Exploring Volunteer Space

Exploring Volunteer Space: The Recruiting of a Nation is Ivan Scheier’s exploration of the universe of volunteering. Ivan ponders much of what volunteering can be and a great deal of what would happen in volunteering in the future. While Exploring Volunteer Space is a highly conceptual work, it has great and continuing relevance to practitioners who think about the development of volunteer engagement.

 VOLUNTEER: The National Center for Citizen Involvement Ivan H. Scheier Book Download
1980 Building Your Own Evaluation: A 12-Step Process
 The Center for Creative Community Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1980 Going Up? A Look at Your Upward Mobility Potential
 Volunteer Administration, Volume XIII, Number 1 Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1980 How is Traditional Volunteering Being Represented, Advocated, Protected by Other National Organizations?
 The National Forum on Volunteerism, September 15, 1980 Ivan H. Scheier Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1980 How is Traditional Volunteering Being Represented, Advocated, Protected by Other-Than-National Organizations?
 Discussion Paper Prepared for the National Forum on Volunteerism, September 1980, Aid Association for Lutherans Ivan H. Scheier Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1980 The Task Enrichment Checklist
 Ivan H. Scheier Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1980s Satisfying Work for Volunteers: The Window of Work Process
 Energize, Inc. Philadelphia, PA Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1980s Things the Evaluator Needs to Evaluate For Planning
 The Center for Creative Community Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1980s Self-Help And Helping (SHAH)
 Exploring Volunteer Space, Chapter 14. Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1980s Matching Citizen Participation as a Condition of Funding for Human Service Programs
 The Center for Creative Community Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1981 The Imitation of Volunteers: Towards an Appropriate Technology of Voluntary Action
 Volunteer Administration Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1981 The Bridge: A Guide for Networkers
 Yellowfire Press, Boulder, CO Ivan H. Scheier, Susan Dryovage Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1981 The People Approach Handbook
 Yellowfire Press, Boulder, CO Ivan H. Scheier Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1981-82 The Strategy Exchange
 The Journal of Volunteer Administration, Winter 1982-3 Susan J. Ellis, Ivan H. Scheier, Eva Schindler-Rainman, Marlene Wilson Article Download
1984 A Volunteer Component in Paid Employment: How It Could Help
 Yellowfire Press, Boulder, CO February 1984 Ivan H. Scheier Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1984 Meanwhile...Back at the Neighborhood
 Yellowfire Press, Boulder, CO Ivan H. Scheier Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1984 Associations of Volunteer Directors in North America: A DOVIA Directory 1984
 Ivan H. Scheier Report / Study Download
1985 The Ingredients of Volunteer Leadership: A Capability Analysis for the Careerist
 Yellowfire Press, Boulder, CO January 1985 Ivan H. Scheier Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1985 Trainers and Consultants in Volunteerism: A First Registry
 Yellowfire Press, Boulder, CO September 1985 Nita Moots Kincaid, Ivan H. Scheier Report / Study Download
1985 Volunteers in Neighborhoods
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1985 Distinguished Member Service Award Acceptance Speech: Ivan H. Scheier
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1985 Volunteers in Neighborhoods: An Introduction
 Yellowfire Press, Boulder, CO 1985 Ivan H. Scheier Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1986 Moving Along: Case Studies of Career Paths for Volunteer Coordinators
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1986 Stop Wasting Training Time! Try the S-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d Workshop
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1986 "With that last suggestion alone, you just earned your pay!" -- A Volunteer Consultant's Story
 Personal writing. Ivan H. Scheier Download
1986-87 Four Futures for Volunteer Administrators: Avenues of Enrichment and Growth
 The Center for Creative Community, Santa Fe, NM Ivan H. Scheier Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1986-87 1986 Directory of Volunteerism (and 1987 Supplement): "Yellow Pages of Resources for Leaders of Volunteers
Yellowfire Press, Boulder, CO Ivan H. Scheier Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1987 Exploding the Big Banquet Theory of Volunteer Recognition: An Incendiary Analysis
 Yellowfire Press, The Center for Creative Community, 1987 Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1987 The DOVIA Network Directory - 1987
 The National DOVIA Network, c/o The Center for Creative Community, Santa Fe, NM, August 1987 Ivan H. Scheier, Paula Graff Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1988 Staff/Volunteer Relations Collection
 The Center for Creative Community, Santa Fe, NM Ivan H. Scheier Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1988 Empowering a Profession: Leverage Points and Process
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1988 Empowering a Profession: Seeing Ourselves as More than Subsidiary
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1988 Empowering a Profession: What's in Our Name?
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1989 Shapes and Scenarios in the Future of Volunteerism: Forecasting and Creating Your Own
 Prepared for The Center for Volunteer Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA August 1989 Ivan H. Scheier Pamphlet / Booklet Download