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Peer reviewedHemp, Susan J.; Montgomery, Jack G., Ed. – Against the Grain, 1996
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…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Bibliographies, Law Libraries, Librarians
Peer reviewedHammond, Carol; And Others – Reference Librarian, 1992
Six articles discuss librarians as mediators in special circumstances. Highlights include the reference librarian and the information paraprofessional; effective reference mediation for nontraditional public library users, including mentally impaired patrons and illiterate adults; the academic librarian's role in the education process; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Adult Literacy, Higher Education, Illiteracy
