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NCJ Number: 81612 Find in a Library
Title: Library Standards for Adult Correctional Institutions
Date Published: 1981
Annotation: Standards are provided for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of library services on a continuing basis in State and Federal adult correctional institutions.
Abstract: The standards presented have been approved by the American Correctional Association Committee on Institution Libraries, The American Correctional Association/American Library Association Joint Committee on Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies, and the Standards Committe of the American Library Association. Assumptions underlying all the standards are that (1) librarians share responsibility for the habilitation of all adult offenders; (2) library service equivalent to that available to communities should be offered to all adult offenders in residential facilities; and (3) such library service recognizes the specific needs and interests of all adult offenders. The need for this revised set of standards comes from new directions in correctional thinking and recent developments in library service. Areas to which the standards apply are the place of library services and the librarian in the organization of a correctional institution, library philosophy, materials, library services, library facilities, library budget, and staff. A glossary of standards terminology is provided.
Index Term(s): Correctional institutions (adult); Evaluation criteria; Libraries; Standards
Sponsoring Agency: American Correctional Association
Alexandria, VA 22314
American Library Assoc
Chicago, IL 60611
American Library Asssoc
Chicago, IL 60611
Corporate Author: American Correctional Association
United States of America

American Library Asssoc
Assoc of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies
United States of America
Sale Source: American Library Assoc
ASCLA Publications
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
United States of America
Page Count: 21
Language: English
Country: United States of America
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