Redwitch, when I volunteered at Palm Harbor Library-- near Tarpon Springs, FL-- the senior men also really loved the Westerns. One of the other 120 or so library volunteers-- Palm Harbor Library had the most of any FL public library at that time-- tried to suggest weeding the various paperback Westerns and the Director chimed in that westerns were in high demand from senior men.

This could be true in a lot of other public libraries as well especially those with a large concentration of retired men over 62 or so.

I was rather limited with what the Palm Harbor Library Director would allow volunteers to do back in 2000 through 2003. Just checking in books and checking out library patrons as well as book shelving. The other Palm Harbor Library where I also volunteered around about the same time allowed volunteers to register patrons, do reference, catalog books, and do many other tasks which were usually done by paid employees at other libraries in this area of Florida.

What does the Mark Twain Library allow volunteers to do??

As you might recall I have a MA in Librarianship and Information Management from the University of Denver and also worked in two public libraries for about a rather short period.