Books open up worlds for people behind bars Examples of cooperation between prison and public libraries in Germany and selected countries from all over the world

dc.audienceAudience::Audience::Public Libraries Section
dc.audienceAudience::Audience::Equitable and Accessible Library Services Section
dc.conference.sessionTypeLibrary Service for People with Special Needs with Public Libraries
dc.conference.venueCape Town International Convention Centre
dc.contributor.authorPeschers, Gerhard
dc.contributor.translatorPescher, Gerhard
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-24T08:22:38Z
dc.date.available2025-09-24T08:22:38Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis paper describes prison services in Germany and other countries. There is special emphasis on cooperation between prison libraries and public libraries.en
dc.description.abstractDieser Artikel gibt einen Einblick in die Bibliotheksangebote für Menschen in Haft in Deutschland und einigen anderen Ländern. Dabei liegt der Schwerpunkt auf der Kooperation von Gefangenen¬büchereien und Stadtbüchereien.de
dc.identifier.citationCouncil of Europe, Committee of Ministers. 2006. Recommendation Rec(2006)2 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the European Prison Rules. https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=955747 IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions). 1994. IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto. http://www.ifla.org/publications/iflaunesco-public-library-manifesto-1994 Köhler, H. 2010. Schicksal Afrika – Denkanstöße und Erfahrungsberichte. Reinbek: Rowohlt. 381 p. [Destiny Africa - includes contributions by Henning Mankell, Thabo Mbeki, Volker Schlöndorff, Asfa-Wossen Asserate and others] Lehmann, V.; Locke, J. 2005. Guidelines for Library Services to Prisoners. The Hague, IFLA, 3rd edn. 24 p. http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/hq/publications/professional-report/92.pdf Lehmann, V. 2011. Library and Information Services to Incarcerated Persons: global perspectives. In: Library Trends, 59(3). Baltimore, USA. [contributions about prison libraries in Canada, Great Britain, Germany, France, USA, Italy, Poland, Spain, Japan] Peschers, G. and FVGB (Förderverein Gefangenenbüchereien e.V.) (eds.) 2013. Bücher öffnen Welten. Medienangebote für Menschen in Haft in Deutschland und international. [Books open up Worlds. Media services for prisoners in Germany and international]. München, De Gruyter. 417 S. (Bibliotheks- und Informationspraxis, 54) [articles from Library Trends, 59(3) were translated into German and further case studies from the Netherlands, Switzerland as well as projects from Goethe-Institutes in Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Palestine were added] Statistisches Bundesamt 2014. Bestand der Gefangenen und Verwahrten, Stand 2014 [German prisoner statistics as of 2014] https://www.destatis.de/DE/Publikationen/Thematisch/Rechtspflege/StrafverfolgungVollzug/BestandGefangeneVerwahrte.html Sutter, Th. 2015. Lesen und Gefangen-Sein, Gefängnisbibliotheken in der Schweiz. [Reading and being imprisoned: Prison libraries in Switzerland]. Springer VS. XII, 479 p.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/5620
dc.language.isode
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 Unported
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.subject.keywordMedia for prisoners
dc.subject.keywordcooperation between prison libraries and public libraries
dc.subject.keywordGermany
dc.subject.keywordEurope
dc.subject.keywordAfrica
dc.subject.keywordAfrican Prisoners Project
dc.subject.keywordUSA
dc.subject.keywordHorst Köhler
dc.subject.keywordDenis Goldberg
dc.subject.keywordBarbara Lison
dc.subject.keywordVibeke Lehmann
dc.titleBooks open up worlds for people behind bars Examples of cooperation between prison and public libraries in Germany and selected countries from all over the worlden
dc.titleBücher öffnen Welten für Menschen hinter Gittern - Beispiele für Gefangenenbüchereien in Deutschland und international in Kooperation mit Stadtbüchereien -de
dc.typeArticle
ifla.UnitSection:Public Libraries Section
ifla.UnitSection::Equitable and Accessible Library Services Section
ifla.oPubIdhttps://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/1267/

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