Down For The Count
This is a practical, gritty guide to prison librarianship. Brenda Vogel examines all aspects of establishing prison library service, describing process models and procedures that can result in overcoming negative sentiment. The book is rich in detail, including examples of prison library regulation, state prison library standards, recommended readings, and a list of advocacy organizations. An outline of a clerical training program for inmate assistants and a user satisfaction survey are also...
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Examines all aspects of establishing prison library service, describing process models and procedures that can result in overcoming negative sentiment. Includes examples of prison library regulation, state prison library standards, recommended readings, and a list of advocacy organizations. An outline of a clerical training program for inmate assistants and a user satisfaction survey are also included. Corrections Compendium ...gritty, realistic and practical, and written with passion and caring. This one is a honey! - Eric Moon Vogel's handbook outlines procedures to put in place a prison library that will both serve and benefit inmates..
ForewordIntroduction1Prison Libraries: How They Came to Be12Making the Prison Library Function103Collection Management and Corresponding Woes; Censorship144The Prison Influence on Library Service225The Program Fit in the Organization276Space: Choosing it, Losing it; Design, Furnishings and Equipment337Library Service in the Prison Community; Similarities to the Outside Community and the Unique; How to Deliver on the Premise/Promise418Staff; Civilian and Inmate; Falling in Love and Other Pitfalls489Technology5410They Became What They Beheld5811Getting Over the Wall6712A Mirror of Reality; the Generation Gap, the Information Gap and the Prison Librarian8113The Prison Law Library; State of the Art? Quo State That They're In8714On Making a Difference12415Questions Most Frequently Asked127Recommended Readings and Resources134Sources for Additional Information and Advocacy139App. 1. Aide Training Program. Maryland Correctional Education Libraries. Division of Correction, Regulation, No. 135-2-Library Services143App. 2. The Card Catalog Detaining Rod146App. 3. Criteria for Evaluating Corrections Libraries148App. 4. Library Services: Policies and Procedures156App. 5. Information Needs Assessment Survey. Based on the Household Information Needs Assessment Survey160App. 6. The Prison Librarian, a Link in Your Info Chain166App. 7. Materials Availability and User Satisfaction Survey169App. 8. Minimum Standards for Library Services to Residents of Rhode Island State-Supported Institutional Libraries176App. 9. Required Reference List185Index191About the Author194
\ Corrections CompendiumVogel's handbook outlines procedures to put in place a prison library that will both serve and benefit inmates.\ \ \ \ \ Journal Of Documentation...a useful addition to a staff library where a service to prisons is provided, and it contains much basic information which would be of especial value to those who have little experience of prison libraries.\ \ \ Lib. Ass. Rec.This volume proves rewarding.\ \ \ \ \ Corrections Compendium...gritty, realistic and practical, and written with passion and caring. This one is a honey! - Eric Moon Vogel's handbook outlines procedures to put in place a prison library that will both serve and benefit inmates..\ \ \ \ \ Library JournalUntil recently, the area of correctional facility libraries has been overlooked in the professional library literature. Now, two handbooks have appeared. Vogel's Down for the Count is the better of the two. Rhea Rubin's Libraries Inside: A Practical Guide for Prison Librarians (Professional Reading, LJ 4/1/95) covers the same material but comes up with conflicting solutions. Using her own experience as a correctional facility librarian (she is coordinator of Maryland Correctional Education Libraries/Maryland State Department of Education and was Library Journal's Librarian of the Year for 1989, LJ, January 1990, p. 46-48), Vogel discusses library management, technology, book selection, staff, budgeting, and interior decorating in 15 chapters. She also includes chapters with intriguing titles as "Staff: Civilian and Inmate: Falling in Love and Other Pitfalls" and "They Become What They Beheld." Sadly, neither handbook may have a very long shelf life. Views of correctional facilities are changing, budgets are being cut, and libraries are closing or being put under inmate control. Correctional facilities libraries finally have been discovered, but they may go out of existence before they can enjoy their new role.-Frances Sandiford, Green Haven Correctional Facility Lib., Stormville, N.Y.\ \
