<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Life in Libraries]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[cbecker53]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/author/cbecker53/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Even Prisons Deserve&nbsp;Libraries]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/4108950284.png" rel="attachment wp-att-6760"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="6760" data-permalink="https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/2015/12/16/even-prisons-deserve-to-have-libraries/attachment/4108950284/" data-orig-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/4108950284.png" data-orig-size="493,525" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="prison" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/4108950284.png?w=282" data-large-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/4108950284.png?w=493" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6760" src="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/4108950284.png?w=141&#038;h=150" alt="prison" width="141" height="150" srcset="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/4108950284.png?w=141&amp;h=150 141w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/4108950284.png?w=282&amp;h=300 282w" sizes="(max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px" /></a>If you read my blog, you probably notice I have several blogs I quote and use a lot here. One is <a href="http://www.askamanager.org/" target="_blank">Ask A Manager</a>. I just think Alison Green is very smart and astute, and gives great management advice. She also has a great following, so the comments on almost all of her posts are also informative. She is also very responsive—she actually replied when I emailed her a management question.</p>
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<p>I was so pleased when she posted this <a href="http://www.askamanager.org/2015/10/interview-with-a-prison-librarian.html" target="_blank">interview</a> with someone who had been a prison librarian. How cool to have one of my favorite blogs post about one of my favorite topics! It&#8217;s an excellent post too, and very insightful and informative about a specialized field of librarianship you don&#8217;t always hear a lot about (or perhaps, even think about.) Please do take the time to read it—there&#8217;s some interesting tidbits about prison culture, prison reform, and other topics, in addition to the library aspect. Think about it: there are  special populations that especially need libraries, and I&#8217;d say the incarcerated is definitely one!</p>
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