prison/jail libraries Brenda Vogel 2009-08-20T17:17:33Z 2009-08-20T17:17:33Z

<i>The Prison Library Primer:A Program for the Twenty&#045;First Centur</i>y has just been released by Scarecrow Press and is available at<br />Amazon and Barnes&amp;Noble. It is about how to manage a correctional library, soup to nuts, with many references to bibliographic and web resources and to advocacy groups. It includes a history of prison libraries in the U.S. and a chapter on the importance of the<br />jailhouse lawyer in providing access to the courts. It is also a plea for access to the Internet and to information skill training for the incarcerated and the ex&#045;offender.<br />I will be making an effort to organize an effective advocacy group to educate the public about the link between information literacy and citizenship. I am shopping for a corporate underwriter to support this efforts. All suggestions welcome.<br />Best wishes to my colleagues,<br />Brenda Vogel

Brenda Vogel 2009-08-20T17:17:33Z