Using Adversity to Innovate: New Correctional Services During the Pandemic
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A PLA 2022 Virtual Conference On-Demand Session
Scrambling during the pandemic to find ways to provide library services to individuals in or recently returning from correctional facilities, Outreach teams from Queens and Brooklyn Libraries used the upheaval to provide a new collection of services to system-impacted individuals. Learn from us as we discuss QPL’s Immediate Access program, which provides phones and assistance to people on parole, and Library Hub on tablets, which provides informational content and library services to people in jail.
Originally presented as part of the PLA 2022 Virtual Conference on March 25, 2022.
Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of this on-demand webinar, participants will be able to:
- Create a workflow to provide remote reference services to a local correctional population;
- Create a technology basics program for people on parole, with a complexity that varies depending on their community resources and their budget; and
- Work within their own budget to provide some sort of services to their local correctional population.
Panelists
Jill Anderson is the Data and Project Coordinator at Queens Public Library and the Project Manager for the Immediate Access: Technology Reentry program. She is also a Library Specialist at Omaha Public Library. She is interested in outreach, the public library as a community space, and conversations surrounding non-monogamy and queerness.
Diego Sandoval Hernandez is the Supervising Librarian for Correctional Services for the Brooklyn Public Library. He believes strongly in access for underrepresented communities and multilingual programming.
Nili Ness is the Correctional Services Librarian for Queens Public Library. Her work includes providing library services at local jail facilities and community outreach. She is a strong proponent of the Prisoners’ Right to Read. Nili is the recipient of the 2020 ASGCLA Exceptional Service Award.
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Contact
This webinar is presented by the Public Library Association (PLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
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