[Bookstoprisoners] Re: [Btp-jail-libraries] new books

[Suzanne Linder]

I agree.  I didn't think about having the option of pulling them out if we
need them...

On 2/3/06, Jay Schubert <jay.schubert at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My vote would be to send a large majority of the new books into the county
> jail(s) where they will get the maximum use as they curculate and we will always
> have the option of at some point in the future pulling them out of circ
> (say if we get a special request for one of them specifically) and sending
> it to the inmate in prison who is wanting it.
>
> - Jay
>
> On 2/2/06, Barbara Kessel <barkes at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have had the same thought about prisoners at the jail - more people
> > get to read them. On the other hand, prisoners locked away for years
> > have no other way to get what they want, so I came out with the same
> > thought - split them in half. Barbara
> >
> > On Feb 2, 2006, at 12:03 PM, Suzanne Linder wrote:
> >
> > > Hello all--
> > >
> > > Thank again to Anne Phillips, I just picked up a box of about 40
> > > often requested titles by African American authors.  These books
> > > were purchased with money raised from the alternative gift
> > > program.  About half the money went to buy dictionaries that we are
> > > sending to inmates in Illinois and the other half was used to buy
> > > poetry, fiction (finally some Donald Goines books), and non-fiction
> > > by A-A authors.
> > >
> > > I think that initially we were going to divide these titles between
> > > the jail library and the stock of books that BTP sends to
> > > prisoners.  Do we still want to do this?  We do not have multiple
> > > copies of most of the books so it seems to me like they might be
> > > read by more inmates if they all go to the jail?  But I could also
> > > be convinced that half of them should be sent to specific inmates.
> > >
> > > What do others think?  It would be nice to make a decision by early
> > > Saturday afternoon so we can know what to do with them during our
> > > packathon.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Suzanne
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> Jay
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