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Library Services in Spanish Prisons: Current State of Affairs

Pérez-Pulido, Margarita

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Title
Library Services in Spanish Prisons: Current State of Affairs
Author(s)
Pérez-Pulido, Margarita
Contributor(s)
De Angelo, Christina
Issue Date
2011
Keyword(s)
  • Library and Information Services to Incarcerated Persons: Global Perspectives
  • Prison libraries -- Spain.
Abstract
This article discusses the defining characteristics of the organizational model for the provision of library services in Spanish prisons. The author provides data about the correctional facilities and the offender population and focuses on several issues that impact on the organization and operation of prison libraries. The article concludes with a reflection on the limitations of the current library service model.
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