Recent Publications

Book

Austin, J. (2022). Library services and incarceration: Recognizing barriers, strengthening access. Chicago: ALA Neal-Schuman. 

Journal Issue

Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy, Summer 2023, 8(2): Access to Information in Carceral Institutions. (Guest editor.)

White Papers

Through the Expanding Information Access for Incarcerated People grant project:

Trends and Concerns in Library Services for Incarcerated People and People in the Process of Reentry: Publication Review (2020-2022).

Technology in Carceral Facilities: Trends, Limitations, and Opportunities for Libraries (2020-2022).

Peer-Reviewed

Austin, J. (in press). (invited contribution). Access. In n. cline & J.R. López-McKnight (eds.), Keywords in (critical) library information science/studies. MIT Press.

Jordan-Makely, C., Austin, J., Brammer, C., & Ness, N. (2025). “A collection of obstacles”: Qualitative findings from the 2020 Library Services and Incarceration survey. Library Quarterly, 95(3), 265-285.

Austin, J. and Jacobson, E. (2024). The incarcerated and formerly incarcerated. In C. Bomhold (ed.), Serving the underserved: Strategies for inclusive community engagement (pp. 177-196). ALA Neal-Schuman.

Keyes, O., & Austin, J. (2022). Feeling fixes: Mess and emotion in algorithmic audits. Big Data & Society, 9(2).

Austin, J. and Jacobson, E. (2021). Patron-centered services: Disrupting the narrative of reformation and reading in American jails and prisons. Exploring the roles and practices of libraries in prisons: International perspectives [special issue, J. Garner ed.]. Advances in Librarianship, 50, 291-309.

Austin, J., Charenko, M, Dillon, M. and Lincoln, J. (2020). Systemic oppression and the contested ground of information access for incarcerated people. Open Information Science, 4(1), 169-185.

Other Publications

Austin, J. (2024). Preface. In E. Boyington, R. Horton, E.R. James, S. Olmeda, and V. van Hyning (eds.), Standards for library services for the incarcerated and detained (pp. ix-x). American Library Association.

Jordan-Makely, C., Austin, J., & Brammer, C. (2022). Growing services: How libraries outside of prison create access for incarcerated people. Library Journal, 147(8), 24-29.

Jordan-Makely, C. & Austin, J. (2021). Outside and in: Services for people impacted by incarceration. Library Journal, 146(9), 21-25.

Austin, J. (2020). Information access within carceral institutions. Feminist Media Studies, 20(8), 1293–1297.