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Graphic novels and comics in libraries and archives : essays on readers, research, history and cataloging / edited by Robert G. Weiner ; forewords by Elizabeth Figa and Derek Parker Royal ; afterword by Stephen Weiner.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- State Library of Pennsylvania.
- Libraries--Special collections--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Libraries.
- Graphic novels--History and criticism.
- Graphic novels.
- Comic books, strips, etc--History and criticism.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- School libraries--Comic books, strips, etc.
- School libraries.
- Cataloging--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Cataloging.
- Classification--Books--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Classification.
- Classification--Books.
- Libraries--Special collections.
- Genre:
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Graphic novels.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 276 pages) : illustrations
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2010.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1. A librarian's guide to the history of graphic novels / Alicia Holston
- 2. Manga in Japanese libraries: a historical overview / David Hopkins
- 3. How librarians learned to love the graphic novel / Amy Kiste Nyberg
- 4. The development of a school library graphic novel collection / Heidi K. Hammond
- 5. Balancing popular high-circulation works with works of merit in elementary school library collections / Diana P. Maliszewski
- 6. Creative shelving: placement in library collections / Amy Hartman
- 7. Graphic novels at Los Angeles public / Rachel Kitzmann
- 8. Teen-led revamp / Erica Segraves
- 9. Selection and popular culture in large academic libraries: taking the temperature of your research community / Charlotte Cubbage
- 10. Maus goes to college: graphic novels on reserve at an academic library / Anne-Marie Davis
- 11. The library after dark: the promotion of collections and services / Gwen Evans
- 12. So many options, so little money: building a selective collection for the academic library / Liorah Anne Golomb
- 13. The spinner rack in the big red and ivory tower: establishing a comics and graphic novels collection at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln / Richard Graham
- 14. Comic art collection at the Michigan State University libraries / Randall W. Scott
- 15. Interview with Randall W. Scott / Nicholas Yanes and Robert G. Weiner
- 16. The perils of Doctor Strange: preserving Pennsylvania-centered comics at the State Library of Pennsylvania / William T. Fee
- 17. Graphic novels and the untapped audience / Ruth Boyer
- 18. Comic relief in libraries: motivating male adolescent readers / Karen Gavigan
- 19. "Forty-one-year-old female academics aren't supposed to like comics!" the value of comic books to adult readers / Sarah Ziolkowska and Vivian Howard
- 20. Graphics let teens own the library / Christian Zabriskie
- 21. The only thing graphic is your mind: reconstructing the reference librarian's view of the genre / Amanda Stegall-Armour
- 22. What's in a name: nomenclature and libraries / Francisca Goldsmith
- 23. The ontology of art and what libraries should buy / Ruth Tallman and Jason Southworth
- 24. Meta-comics and libraries: should libraries buy them? / Adam J. Noble
- 25. Webcomics and libraries / Amy Thorne
- 26. Cataloging and problems with Dewey: creativity, collaboration and compromise / Laurel Tarulli
- 27. An example of an in-house cataloging system / Robert G. Weiner
- 28. Drawing comics into Canadian libraries / Rachel Collins
- 29. Graphic novel holdings in academic libraries / Eric Werthmann.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Graphic novels and comics in libraries and archives.
- ISBN:
- 9780786456932
- 0786456930
- Publisher Number:
- 9786612542930
- 99977717638
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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