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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
2000 Remote Supervision
 Lynch Associates Rick Lynch Handout / Fact Sheet Download
2015 Replace Current Volunteers or Redirect New Ones?
 ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic Susan J. Ellis Article Download
2008 Replacing Volunteers with Paid Staff
 ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic Susan J. Ellis Article Download
1993 Report from the AVA Subcommittee on Volunteer Administration in Higher Education
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Gretchen E. Stringer Article Download
1981 Report of the National Steering Committee on Volunteerism
 ACTION, Washington, DC February 1981 Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1988 Report of the Tenth Biennial Conference of the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE)
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1988-89 Report / Study 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 Report on the Use of Volunteers and Volunteer Resources in 32 Project Centers: Recommendations for Development
 Ethel M. Adams, Consultant Ethel M. Adams Report / Study Download
1982 Report: Cuts keep volunteers from filling service gap
 Philadelphia Inquirer, May 7, 1982 Michael A. Hobbs Article Download
1973 Report: First National Conference, Education for Voluntary Action
 National Center for Voluntary Action, Department of Education and Training, and the University of Michigan Extension Service, October 21-24, 1973 Report / Study Download
1998 Required Service for Teens: No or Yes?
 Volunteer Leadership, January-March 1998 Article Download
1989 Required Volunteering: Contradiction or Congruity?
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Spring 1989 Joy Peters Article Download
1992 Research and Recruitment Strategies: What the American Red Cross Discovered
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1992 Loretta Gutierrez Nestor, Carl Fillichio Article Download
1967 Research Needs in Volunteer Activity
 Volunteer Administration John Tringo Article Download
1984 Research on K-12 School-Based Service-Learning: The Evidence Builds
 PHI DELTA KAPPAN, May 2000 Shelley H. Billig Article Download
1990 Research on Volunteerism: Researchers' Interests and Practitioners' Needs
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Jane Asche, Jane Janey Article Download
1985 Research on Volunteerism...What Needs to Be Done
 Journal of Voluntary Action Research, Vol. 14, Issue 2-3, April-September 1985 Susan J. Ellis Article Download
1980 Resolutions from the Issue Sessions at the 1980 National Conference on Volunteerism
 Association for Volunteer Administration, Boulder, CO Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1977 Resolutions of the National Congress on Volunteerism and Citizenship, 1976
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1977 Article
1997 Resource Kit for Managers of Volunteers

The purpose of this Resource Kit was to provide leaders and managers of volunteers with a succinct, practical guide to the fundamentals of developing a volunteer program.  It has lots of sample forms. This guide covers the 3 R's of Volunteer Management: READY?- RECRUIT and RETAIN, and an appendix which includes a section for local resource information on volunteering and an extensive annotated bibliography on books, videos, and publications in the field.

 The Volunteerism Project Betty Stallings Book Download
1981 Results of a National Survey of Recruitment and Motivation Techniques
 Volunteer Administration Nan H. Smith, Gregory T. Berns Article Download
2005 Resumes and Interviews: Hardly for Volunteers
 Nick Levinson Article Download
1992 Retention: The + and - of Volunteers
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1992 Nancy Macduff Article Download
1986 Rethinking Auxiliaries and Advisory Councils
 NONPROFIT WORLD, July/August 1986 Susan J. Ellis Article Download
2001 Rethinking Volunteer Engagement -- International Year of Volunteers 2001
 Volunteer Canada Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1980 Retirees as Volunteers: Evaluation of their Attitudes and Outlook
 Volunteer Administration Janet Stone, Edith Velmans Article Download
1989 Retirement Housing Resident Volunteer Programs
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Marsha S. Shine, Jean A. Steitz Article Download
1992 RETIRING THE VOLUNTEER: Facing Reality When Service is No Longer Possible
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Ann Cook Article Download
1969 Reveille for Volunteers
 Volunteer Administration Elinor Wolf Article Download
1999 Reverse Discrimination -- Volunteers vs. Employers (Canada)
 Vantage Point newsletter, VOLUNTEER Vancouver, Vancouver, BC Canada Winter 1999 Susan J. Ellis Article Download
1981 Reversing the Resistance of Staff to Volunteers
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Spring 1981 Marlene Wilson, Kathy Brown, Laurie Bernhardt Article Download
2019 Revisiting Credentials and Certifications in Volunteer Engagement
 ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic Cara Thenot Article Download
2013 Revisiting the Seven Deadly Sins of Directing Volunteers
 ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic Susan J. Ellis Article Download
1997 Revitalizing Long-Time Volunteers
 The NonProfit Times, May 1997 Susan J. Ellis Article Download
1995 Revolution of the Heart
 Riverhead Books Bill Shore Book Download
1984 Rewarding Faculty Members for Profession-Related Public Service
 Educational Record, Winter 1984 Patricia S. Florestano, Ralph Hambrick Article Download
1988 Rewards for Volunteering: in agencies' programs, versus clubs and churches
 Paper given at Annual Meeting of Association of Voluntary Action Scholars (AVAS), October 1988 Report / Study Download
1994 Risk Management: Experts Tell How To Ease Your Worries
 Leadership magazine, Points of Light Foundation, October 1994 Article Download
1981 Risks We Must Take: The 1980's -- changes and challenges ahead...
 Training and Development Journal, August 1981 Eva Schindler-Rainman Article Download
1981 Role Review
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Fall 1981 Michael J. Marx Article Download
1978 Roles of a Volunteer Co-ordinator: A Checklist
 Institute for Fund Raising Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1977 RSVP (recruitment brochure)
 RSVP Programs, Senior Citizens Center, Hagerstown, MD Sample Download
1992 Rules For Dreamers
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
2003 Running the Risk? Risk Management Tool for Volunteer Involving Organisations (Australia)
 Volunteering Australia Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1988 Rural Volunteering: A Kaleidoscope of Needs, Opportunities and Successes
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Summer 1988 Ida Rush George Article Download
2019 S#%& Words We Need To Stop Saying: Words and Phrases to Erase from the Lexicon of Volunteer Management
 ENERGIZE, Inc -- Hot Topic Rob Jackson, Erin Spink Article Download
1997 Safe & Alert: Good practice advice on volunteers working with vulnerable clients (United Kingdom)
The National Centre for Volunteering, London, UK Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1994 Safe Volunteers: Effective Screening Techniques to Minimize the Risk of Abuse by Volunteers
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Lynn Loar Article Download
1984 Safeco Homeowner Insurance Increases Volunteer Protection: "Volunteer America" endorsement coverage
 Safeco Corporation, Seattle, WA Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1985 Salary Survey Results: Society of Directors of Volunteer Services - Pennsylvania
 Pennsylvania Society of Directors of Volunteer Services Report / Study Download