Comments on: more about prison librarians

By: Dianne

Dianne — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:35:35 +0000

In response to the first comment, I have worked in New York state for just over a year now (not as a prison librarian, though two prison librarians are clients of mine) and during this time there have been two postings for full time prison librarians in the state (not in NYC). So, they do come along. The postings came through on the NYLINE listserv, I don’t know if they were also posted on the DOC site. I guess prison librarian openings are even more rare than full-time Librarian I no-experience-required openings…

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:33:41 +0000

Just today I found myself on the Charity Donation Page of BookMooch.com. One of the things you can do is donate your BookMooch points to Books for Prisons charities. For example, the wishlist for the Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project shows 19 books they want, most of which are already available on BookMooch. If I give them a point - they can ask for one of those books and it will be sent to them at no cost to them. My only cost was whatever it cost me to send one of my books to another bookmoocher (usually under $2 by media mail). Definitely an interesting way to support more access to books in prisons.

By: Kati

Kati — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:53:19 +0000

I’m glad you posted this. Prison librarianship needs more exposure. I would love to be a prison librarian and have done my share of reading about it. Does anyone have any ideas of how to find prison library jobs? I’ve searched on each state’s DOC page but only California has jobs. It seems like no one wants to be a prison librarian and that they are needed but where are the jobs?