The prison library primer : a program for the twenty-first century

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Z675.P8 V645 2009
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Available

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In this century the central and quintessential correctional facility program ought to be the library. While the U.S. prison industry has embraced a massive reentry movement emphasizing literacy and job readiness for former felons, prison libraries have been ignored as potential sources for reintegration. In The Prison Library Primer: A Program for the Twenty-First Century, Brenda Vogel addresses the unique challenges facing the prison librarian.


This practical guide to operating and promoting a correctional library focuses on the basic priorities: collection development; location, space planning, and furnishing suggestions; information on court decisions and legislation affecting prisoners' rights. This volume also includes an information-skills training curriculum, sample administration policies, essential digital and print sources, and community support resources.

Equipped with practical library science tools and creative solutions, The Prison Library Primer is an invaluable resource that will help the librarian and library advocate develop, grow, and maintain an effective, user-centered library program.

Contents

Reachin' behind bars : library outreach to prisoners, 1798-2000 -- Library service in the prison community : similarities to the outside community and the unique : how to deliver on the premise/promise -- Space : choosing it, losing it, design, furnishings and equipment, wayfinding/signage -- Collection, coercion, and constitution : a collision to the absurd -- A prisoner's locus sanctum, the law library -- Fahrenheit 451 on cell block D : a bar examination to safeguard America's jailhouse lawyers from the post-Lewis blaze consuming their law libraries -- Networking, vamping, isolation -- The information gaff, the digital denied, library automation, and you -- Much ado over nothing : contraband, boundary violations, other crimes, and missed demeanors that affect the prison library -- On making a difference -- The library as a force in human reclamation : reentry -- Learning to become a correctional librarian -- Frequently asked questions -- Recommended readings and online resources -- Sources for additional information and advocacy.

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