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I’m looking forward to seeing colleagues and friends at the ALA Annual Conference in Philadelphia this June! Here’s a list of sessions related to my work (all times Eastern):

Friday, June 27

2:30 PM: The PRISM Project: Outcomes, Impacts, and Room to Improve Jail and Prison Libraries

Saturday, June 28

1:00 PM: Library Services to the Justice Involved (LSJI) Annual Business Meeting

4:00 PM: Turning the Page: The Role of Libraries in Re-entry

Sunday, June 29

9:00 AM: Something’s Missing: The Need for Library Involvement in Prison Literacy Programs

9:00 AM: The Work of Prison Libraries and Why Further Investment is Needed

9:00 AM: Library Services to the Justice Involved and YOU! (Poster 30)

3:30 PM: Prison Mail: An ILL Model to Serve the Underserved (Poster 27)

Monday, June 30

1:00 PM: T.E.C.H. for Reentry: Digital Literacy and Public Library Programming for Formerly Incarcerated Community Members

2:30 PM: Bridging Justice: Legal Information Support for the Incarcerated

I’m looking forward to seeing colleagues and friends at the ALA Annual Conference in San Diego this June! Here’s a list of sessions related to my work (all times Pacific):

Friday, June 28

1 PM: Meeting of the Library Services for the Justice-Involved interest group, with Estelle Yim

Saturday, June 29

9 AM: The PRISM Project: learning about prison library services from people who are or were incarcerated

2:30 PM: The Prison Archives: Addressing the access gap

4 PM: Expanding Library Services to Incarcerated Youth

Sunday, June 30

2:30 PM: How Your Library can Support Users Impacted by Incarceration: Standards Launch

Monday, June 1

9 AM: REFORMA’s Children in Crisis Project – Creating Immigrant Youth and Library Connections

I’m thrilled to be featured on a few podcast episodes in recent years! You can hear more about my work and library services for incarcerated people on

Library Punk

Circulating Ideas

Beyond Prisons

Librarian Linkover

Library Services and Incarceration: Recognizing Barriers, Strengthening Access is featured in the 2023 In the Margins 2023 Social Justice/Advocacy award list! Many thanks to the In the Margins team!

The Social Justice/Advocacy Award list is available at https://inthemarginssite.blog/2023-social-justice-advocacy/.

The full award lists are available at https://inthemarginssite.blog/awards-list/.