This handbook is designed to provide guidance particularly to inexperienced coordinators of adult literacy volunteer tutor programs or to those isolated from support personnel or structures. It is not a curriculum to be followed from beginning to end, but a selection of materials from all states in Australia. Each section contains references and illustrative examples placed throughout the text, together with their sources. Section 1 is an introduction with chapters on how to use the handbook, the place of volunteers in the development of adult literacy and basic education in Australia, and underlying principles. The five chapters in section 2 deal with management of volunteer tutor programs: volunteer tutor programs, program management, management structure models, areas of program management, and program development. Section 3 on working with volunteer tutors contains chapters on the following: policies and practices for volunteers; recruitment, selection, and training of volunteer tutors; tutor training programs; and ongoing training, support, and evaluation. Appendixes are as follows: state volunteer centers around Australia; volunteers' rights and responsibilities; selection and appointment of volunteers; criteria for selecting tutors; tutor application form; names and addresses of professional support agencies; list of bookshops and suppliers of resource materials; annotated list of 32 articles from "Good Practice in Australian Adult Literacy and Basic Education"; and acronyms. Contains a bibliography listing 54 items. (YLB)