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Main Authors: Hemp, Susan J., Montgomery, Jack G., Ed.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1996
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ539729
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  • Transparent Walls: Library Services to Prisoners. Hemp, Susan J. Montgomery, Jack G., Ed. Adult Literacy Bibliographies Law Libraries Librarians Library Funding Library History Library Science Library Services Literacy Education Personal Narratives Prison Libraries Prisoners Reference Services The population of state and federal prisons quadrupled between 1971 and 1991, increasing demand for library resources. Outlines the history of prison libraries (1700s-1990s); discusses prison libraries and librarians, law collections, reference services, literacy programs, and funding; and provides a bibliography of prison librarianship covering resources and theory, history, and personal accounts of prison librarians. (PEN)