Prison Librarianship - A Selective, Annotated, Classified Bibliography, 1945-1984

• NCJ Number: 104548
• Author(s): F R Hartz; M B Krimmel; E K Hartz
• Date Published: 1987
• Length: 124 pages
• Sale Source: McFarland & Company, Inc.
• Publication Type: Bibliography
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This selective, annotated bibliography contains 185 citations related to prison librarianship, published between January 1945 and December 1985.

Abstract

Citations are classified into such categories as administration, background readings, history, bibliographies, bibliotherapy, funding, librarian training, censorship, standards, and material selection. Other categories focus on the role of libraries in inmate education and rehabilitation and as a legal resource. Special library services to female and youthful inmates and in re-entry and prerelease programs also are covered. Author and subject indexes.