NCJ Number
17140
Date Published
Unknown
Length
32 pages
Annotation
RESEARCH OF PRISON LIBRARIES IN AMERICAN ADULT CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES SINCE 1930.
Abstract
TOPICS INCLUDE A COMPARISON OF STANDARDS SET BY THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION AND AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION SINCE 1930 WITH THE RESULTS, PUBLIC LIBRARY SEVICES TO PRISON LIBRARIES, RECENT ACTIVITIES OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ON BEHALF OF PRISON LIBRARIES, BIBLIOTHERAPY, AND ILLITERACY. OTHER SUBJECTS ARE CENSORSHIP OF GENERAL AND LEGAL WORKS AND LIBRARY SERVICES IN PRISONS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)