[Bookstoprisoners] Downtown Jail Library Launch!

[Suzanne Linder]

 <http://www.bookstoprisoners.ucimc.org/>

Wow! <http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/%7Eslinder/jail_library/><http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/%7Eslinder/jail_library/>
What a day we had yesterday! All the books have been loaded into the 
downtown jail and we are hoping to begin offering library services next 
Friday, September 23rd. The library will be staffed every Friday from 1-4 PM 
and alternating Mondays from 6-9 PM. Thank you to everyone who was at the 
meeting today and helped load in books! If you weren't able to make the 
meeting today but still would like to volunteer there is plenty for you to 
do. For each time the library is staffed we would like one lead
volunteerand two supporting
volunteers. 
 
Volunteer responsibilities: <http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/%7Eslinder/jail_library/>
The primary responsibility of all volunteers will be to interact with 
inmates as they come in by cell block to choose books. No library experience 
is necessary to volunteer at the jail library.

Lead volunteers will commit to being in the library for the full three hours 
that the library is open and will be responsible for communicating with 
other lead librarians about how to catalogue, organize and circulate books. 
It isn't necessary to be a professional librarian to serve as a lead 
volunteer, we have several librarians and library school students who have 
experience with these tasks and will be able to provide guidance.

Supporting volunteers will commit to being in the library for a 1 1/2 to 2 
hour shift (allowing time for overlap with the other supporting volunteer) 
and will do whatever tasks the lead volunteer deems necessary. 

Time commitment: We are asking all volunteers for a once a month commitment. 
If you would like to volunteer more than once a month, we will be happy to 
schedule you more often. When you reply to this email with your availability 
(see below), please indicate how often you would like to volunteer.

Volunteer approval: In order to volunteer at the jail you need to be at 
least 21 years of age without any felony convictions. If you have not 
already been approved as a jail volunteer, please contact Jay at 
jay.schubert at gmail.com in order to arrange a time to be approved.

Lending Policy: <http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/%7Eslinder/jail_library/> 
Our lending policy and organizational system are still largely undetermined 
and it is our hope that the lead volunteers can work together to communicate 
about the most efficient and effective way to circulate books and add to our 
collection. Jay and Nancy are pursuing the possibility of putting a computer 
(not connected to the internet) in the library to use for tracking, but in 
the mean time we will need to use paper and pen to keep track of books as 
they are checked out. The current jail library policy is that inmates may 
check out six books and when they return those books, they may check out six 
more. For the time being, that seems like the easiest way to manage the 
collection. 

Availability: <http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/%7Eslinder/jail_library/> 
Ready to volunteer? We need people as soon as next Friday and it would be 
nice to be able to put out a volunteer schedule for the fall and early 
winter by early next week. Please respond to Suzanne (
suzanne.linder at gmail.com) with the times when you are available. Please 
indicate which days you are available to volunteer and if you would like to 
be a lead volunteer or a supporting volunteer. Although you may indicate 
more than one time a month that you are available, we will not schedule you 
more than once a month unless you ask to be scheduled more often. If you are 
available multiple days, and have a preference as to which days among those 
you would like to be scheduled, please rank your availability each month.

Here are the days we will be staffing the library. Please respond to this 
message and place an X by the dates you are available. Please indicate also 
if you would like to be a lead volunteer or a supporting volunteer and how 
many times a month you would like to volunteer.

  *Name:*
 
*Lead ___ Supporting ___*
  
*Fridays **1-4 PM*
 
*Mondays **6-9 PM*
  
September 23
 
   September 30
 
October 3
  
October 7
 
   October 14
 
October 17
  
October 21
 
   October 28
 
October 31
  
November 4
 
   November 11
 
November 14
  
November 18
 
   November 25
 
November 28
  
December 2
 
   December 9
 
December 12
  
December 16
 
   *How many times a month would *
 
*you **like to volunteer? ____*
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