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                                    NIC Expands Library Collection With New E-books and Audiobooks

      

                    
          
    NIC Expands Library Collection with New E-books and Audiobooks
The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Information Center recently added over 140 new nonfiction titles to the library’s e-book and audiobook collections via OverDrive. Information specialists curated the new titles by focusing on NIC staff recommendations, biographies and nonfiction items about corrections, leadership, self-improvement, and training that were published within the last ten years. The collection also includes several Passbook Study Guides, which can be used to prepare for a variety of professional exams and certifications.

A sample of the newly acquired titles includes:

Culture Diversity and Criminal Justice: Towards Culturally Safe Criminal Justice Systems by Alex Workman and Ranya Kaddour. This textbook engages readers in conversation about responding to the effects of diversity within formal criminal justice systems in Westernized nation states.
	Difficult People at Work: Action Strategies for Dealing with Challenging Personalities by Heidrun Schüler-Lubienetzki and Ulf Lubienezki. This book helps professionals deal with difficult or even dangerous colleagues, employees, or superiors.
	Generations through Prison: Experience of Intergenerational Incarceration by Mark Halsey and Melissa de Vel-Palumbo. This book examines how many incarcerated individuals attest to the long-term negative effects of parental incarceration on their own sense of self and the range and quality of opportunities they experience for building a conventional life.You can download these and other titles to your personal computer, smartphone, or eReader using the OverDrive Libby app via your smartphone or tablet. Here’s how:

Install the Libby App

	Go to your device's app store and search for "Libby by Overdrive"
		Install the app on your device and open.
		Libby will ask if you want to add a library to your account.
		Search for "National Institute of Corrections" and select: National Institute of Corrections, 11900 E Cornell Avenue C Aurora, Colorado, USA
	Sign In

	Libby will ask you to "Sign In With My Card"
		Click the button and then click the "Next" button.
		You may be presented with a popup, asking you to Continue (click continue).
		A browser window will pop up, asking you to sign into the NIC website.
		If you already have an account, please sign in with your existing account on https://nicic.gov.
		If you don't have an account, click on the red, "Create new account" button and create a free account for yourself. You will need an email address, username, and password.
	Borrow e-books and audiobooks

	If you logged in or created an account successfully, you'll now be logged in and Libby will show you an NIC library card. Click the Next button, then start searching for the books you want to borrow from the NIC library.

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