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Correctional Service of Canada Prison Libraries from 1980 to 2010

Ings, Catherine; Joslin, Jennifer

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Title
Correctional Service of Canada Prison Libraries from 1980 to 2010
Author(s)
  • Ings, Catherine
  • Joslin, Jennifer
Issue Date
2011
Keyword(s)
  • Library and Information Services to Incarcerated Persons: Global Perspectives
  • Prison libraries -- Canada.
  • Correctional Service Canada -- Libraries.
Abstract
The last three decades have seen many developments in Canadian prison libraries. This article follows the history of the libraries in federal Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) from the 1980s to the present, concentrating on the libraries in the Pacific Region. A chronological overview of the major legislative changes, reports, and events of the last thirty years highlights the increased profile of prison libraries and their role in supporting Correctional Service of Canada's Mission and Goals. Some of these changes include the adoption in 1992 of the Corrections and Condition Release Act (CCRA) and Regulations, modifications to Commissioner's Directive 720 (2007a; under which libraries fall), and the adoption in the Pacific Region of Library Policy Guidelines. In addition to legislative and policy changes, Canadian society itself has also changed during this thirty-year period. As the face of Canada has become more diverse in age and ethnicity, as well as in social and technological expectations, so has the face of the prison population. These changes have, of course, also impacted on prison libraries. This article examines how prison libraries have met the challenges created by these societal and technological changes.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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Copyright 2011 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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Library Trends 59 (3) Winter 2011: Library and Information Services to Incarcerated Persons: Global Perspectives PRIMARY
Library Trends 59 (3) Winter 2011: Library and Information Services to Incarcerated Persons: Global Perspectives. Edited by Vibeke Lehmann