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This practical guide applies the public library service model to correctional settings. Drawing on their experiences as a jail librarian (Clark) and an outreach librarian (MacCreaigh), the authors address: The unique needs and context of prison and jail library users Facilities planning, equipment, and technology (including Internet use and computers) Collection development, cataloging, circulation, and programming in secure environments Managing volunteers, inmate library workers, budgeting, and funding Advocacy, partnerships between correctional and public libraries, and ethical challenges facing librarians in these contexts

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245: $a: Library Services to the Incarcerated: Applying the Public Library Model in Correctional Facility Libraries
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082: $a:
100: $a: Sheila Clark & Erica MacCreaigh
650: $a: Library & Information Science
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250: $b: Libraries Unlimited
250: $c: 2006
020: $a: 978‑1591582908
300: $a: 264