NCJ Number
75395
Journal
Library Trends Volume: 26 Issue: 1 Dated: (Summer 1977) Pages: complete issue
Editor(s)
J Pool
Date Published
1977
Length
148 pages
Annotation
This issue of Library Trends serves as a review and a synthesis of the current correctional facility library scene; the environment, history, standards, training, research, and service patterns in different types of facilities.
Abstract
Nine articles related to library services in correctional institutions are included in this issue. First, prison sociology is discussed -- the history of prisons, contemporary practice, and future directions. The second article contains a survey of the information needs of prisons as revealed in the published literature. The issue of inmate participation in all phases of library service is addressed. In the third article, current education for correctional librarianship is explored. Emphasis is placed on the concept of the library as an agency to facilitate successful inmate return to society. The fourth article reviews the findings of a 1974 study, 'Survey of Library and Information Problems in Correctional Institutions,' and uses the conclusions to focus on advances in correctional librarianship since that study. A survey of recent court cases concerning law library collections for use by inmates in correctional facilities is reported in the fifth article. Standards for law libraries in correctional institutions are also discussed. In the sixth article, trends and specific examples of overseas library programs for prisoners are explored. The remaining three articles deal with library services to correctional facilities within the United States. These articles survey prison libraries in terms of current standards and future trends of correctional accreditation, discuss library services for juvenile offenders, and examine factors which influence the growing cooperation between public libraries and correctional facilities. For further examination of individual articles, see NCJRS 75396-75402.