Emily Jacobson

Correctional Services Librarian
New York Public Library
New York, New York

Emily Jacobson is the Supervising Correctional Services Librarian at The New York Public Library, where she provides library services to people on Rikers Island. In 2016, she helped create the first permanent library space on Rikers at the Rose M. Singer Center. She also coordinates reference correspondence with people who are incarcerated across the country. In the future, she'd like to collaborate with other library systems who do similar reference work.

Presentation(s):

• Reference by Mail Services to People Who Are Incarcerated: Overcoming Barriers to Information Access While Reimagining the Public

  On Demand