14-Week Training Program to Begin Aug. 30
The Library of Congress is recruiting the 2011 class of volunteer docents to lead tours of the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution.
To best serve the more than 1.7 million visitors who come each year, eager to view the magnificent Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C., and learn about the treasures it contains, the Library=s Visitor Services Office relies on more than 300 trained volunteers to greet and direct the visitors and to conduct tours.
Each fall, the Library’s Visitor Services Office offers a 14-week training program for volunteer docents who will gain the skills necessary to lead tours of the Thomas Jefferson Building and answer questions about the Library’s collections and services. The 2011 training session for docents will begin on Aug. 30, 2011, and end in December.
Docent training classes will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from Aug. 30 through Dec. 1 at the Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C., on Capitol Hill.
For more information about the program and other volunteer opportunities, contact James Hughes at (202) 707 9867, [email protected], or go to www.loc.gov/visit/volunteers/