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Title 9 Part 7679
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9 NYCRR 7679.1 - Policy
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In order to provide inmates with the opportunity to pursue educational, vocational, informational or recreational interests and reduce idleness during incarceration, the department shall ensure that each correctional facility provides inmates regular access to library services. Such library services shall be designed and administered to support, broaden and strengthen each facility's total program.
9 NYCRR 7679.2 - Definitions
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As used in this Part, the following definition shall apply to the term listed below:
General institutional library shall mean an area designated on a permanent basis within a facility that allows for the adequate storage, organization and display of library materials. Such area shall also include space for tables and chairs and be designed and maintained by the facility to ensure convenient access and direct use of materials by inmates. The term general institutional library shall not refer to those materials or services related to the provision of law libraries.
9 NYCRR 7679.3 - General institutional library services
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(a)All maximum and medium security facilities shall maintain a general institutional library in conformance with the requirements of this Part.
(b)Materials and services provided by each general institutional library shall include, but not be limited to:
(1)print and nonprint materials which are current and responsive to the educational, vocational, informational and recreational interests and needs of the inmate population at a variety of ability levels;
(2)a reference collection which consists of general and specialized materials;
(3)informational materials relating to life skills, reintegration and prerelease which shall include current listings of human service programs and agencies which provide information on housing, employment, community/state resources and educational opportunities;
(4)an orientation program to the library service which includes, but is not limited to, instructions in library procedures and the use of library resources such as informational tools or aids to locate materials and facts in the library; and
(5)an inter-library loan service.
9 NYCRR 7679.4 - Material selection in general institutional libraries
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(a)The acquisition and provision of library materials by each general institutional library shall be based on a systematic selection process designed to determine and meet the library service interests and needs of the inmate population, including those of non-English speaking inmates.
(b)Such selection process shall be conducted and coordinated by the facility librarian at each facility.
(c)Library materials for each facility shall be acquired on a continual and planned basis.
(d)The department shall provide for a review of all materials selected for acquisition and provided by the general institutional library to determine if such materials are a threat to the safety, security or good order of a facility.
(e)Such review shall be consistent with existing departmental policies and procedures governing the screening of incoming publications for inmate use.
(f)Materials that are determined to pose a threat to the safety, security or good order of a facility shall not be acquired or held for circulation by a facility.
9 NYCRR 7679.5 - Accessibility to general institutional library services
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(a)In facilities that maintain a general institutional library, inmates shall have the opportunity to access the library service at least once a week.
(b)Such access shall include the opportunity to directly use and study in the library.
(c)If inmates do not have direct access to the general institutional library, and such access has not been limited or removed as a result of a disciplinary action, the facility shall make provisions for reading material requests and delivery and pickup of library materials on a weekly basis at designated areas or, if such areas are not accessible to the inmates, at their housing units.
(d)A current list of library materials accessible to inmates specified in subdivision (c) of this section and a description of services provided by the library shall be made available to all inmates who do not have direct access to the general institutional library.
9 NYCRR 7679.6 - General institutional library staff
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(a)A person with a master of library science degree shall be designated to administer and coordinate the provision of library services for the department at all facilities.
(b)Each general institutional library shall be supervised by a librarian who shall have a master of library science degree.
(c)The librarian who supervises library services at each facility shall be responsible for:
(1)selection of print and nonprint materials and equipment as provided for in this Part;
(2)management of the facility's library service including, but not limited to, the organization of materials and services, the budgetary process and long- and short-range planning and evaluation;
(3)assistance in the selection, training and use of inmates as library clerks who shall be selected on the basis of educational background, experience and institutional record; and
(4)completion of a written annual evaluation of the library services program against stated performance goals and objectives which shall be submitted to the department.
9 NYCRR 7679.7 - Library services in minimum security facilities
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(a)Inmates in minimum security facilities which do not maintain a library within the facility shall have the opportunity to access library services provided outside the facility at least once a week, providing such access has not been limited or removed as a result of a disciplinary action.
(b)Such access shall include, but not be limited to, the use of an inter-library loan service.
(c)In minimum security facilities, library services shall be supervised and coordinated by facility program staff who are knowledgeable in the provision of such services.