tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1044088491402691560.post4173877595549734348..comments2024-01-27T11:17:55.641-08:00Comments on prison librarian: Prison Librarian?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1044088491402691560.post-27195018902223283832009-04-12T19:12:00.000-07:002009-04-12T19:12:00.000-07:00HiTo find out if there are vacancies in prison lib...Hi<BR/><BR/>To find out if there are vacancies in prison libraries you could look at the web site of Division of Corrections in the state of interest, you could also join the prison library listserv of American Librarian Association and post the question there. prison-l@ala.orgGlennorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17917837931555502599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1044088491402691560.post-19518573946129701642009-03-25T11:55:00.000-07:002009-03-25T11:55:00.000-07:00Could you possibly give us an idea as to how to se...Could you possibly give us an idea as to how to search for available positions? What is the job title usually listed as? I'm finishing up my MSIS and am very interested in working in this kind of setting but don't know how to start looking. Any help would be greatly appreciated.lvaleriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00475456487755718990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1044088491402691560.post-56426944852349866652009-02-25T16:53:00.000-08:002009-02-25T16:53:00.000-08:00Yeah, I've found it to be a real conversation-stop...Yeah, I've found it to be a real conversation-stopper when I say I work in a prison library at dinner parties :) People just don't know how to respond, especially when I say that I was scared at first, but now I'm not at all. Inmates really are just folks who've made some bad decisions, but at heart they are still people who need to read the paper and look up a diagnosis they've gotten. Or just need someone to talk about American Idol with!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1044088491402691560.post-25581805610905259362009-02-15T20:01:00.000-08:002009-02-15T20:01:00.000-08:00I have applied to be a librarian in a Texas prison...I have applied to be a librarian in a Texas prison. Now that said, in talking to my friend about the research about working in a prison library, she said, "Well, I suppose they do need something to do with all that time on their hands." If I get the job, I wonder what my family will have to say? lol<BR/><BR/>StorywebberBetty Welchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14588617071379562989noreply@blogger.com