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Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian

Avi Steinberg

Why we're reading this: There is a section in the book (starting on page 200) where the author visits and contemplates the archiv…more
[close] There is a section in the book (starting on page 200) where the author visits and contemplates the archive in the prison where he works as a librarian. Interesting perspective of what an archive is and what archivists do!

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Mar 09, 2018 Susan D'Entremont rated it liked it · review of another edition

I chose this book because I am a librarian, and know several people who work as prison librarians. None of them seem fazed by their jobs, so was a little surprised at how often his job seemed a little scary - although, admittedly, much of that had to do with the other staff, union politics, and meeting up with former prisoners on the outside. The people I know seem more able to focus on pure library work because the rest of the staff is helping more with "crowd control."

I did learn some things ...more

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