Library services for incarcerated persons: A survey of recent trends and challenges in prison libraries in Croatia (CROSBI ID 205818)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Šimunić, Zrinka ; Faletar Tanacković, Sanjica ; Badurina, Boris
engleski
Library services for incarcerated persons: A survey of recent trends and challenges in prison libraries in Croatia
The article contributes to the professional discussion of prison librarianship in the context of intellectual freedom and social justice paradigm. It presents results from a nationwide survey of the prison libraries in Croatia. Survey was conducted in 2013 through a mailed questionnaire that received a 91.3% response rate. The study set off to answer the following research questions: How are Croatian prison libraries organized and managed? and What kind of library collections and services are offered to incarcerated persons in Croatia? The results show that almost all correctional institutions in Croatia provide some kind of minimal library services to their inmates. However, prison libraries in Croatia are not professionally managed nor are they regularly funded. Furtheron, their collections are developed mainly through gifts and there is almost no evidence of any systematic programming which would lead to constructive and creative use of prisoners' free time. Although there are some shining examples, it is evident that prison libraries in Croatia are underdeveloped and in need of a new organizational and financial model. Authors conclude with concrete recommendations for improved library services to this marginalized population in Croatia.
Prison libraries; library services; incarcerated persons; social justice; Croatia
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Podaci o izdanju
48 (1)
2016.
72-89
objavljeno
0961-0006
10.1177/0961000614538481
Povezanost rada
Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti