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Comics and critical librarianship : reframing the narrative in academic libraries / edited by Olivia Piepmeier and Stephanie Grimm.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Libraries--Special collections--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Libraries.
- Libraries--Special collections--Graphic novels.
- Academic libraries--Collection development.
- Academic libraries.
- Academic libraries--Relations with faculty and curriculum.
- Libraries and society.
- Comic books, strips, etc--Social aspects.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Graphic novels--Social aspects.
- Graphic novels.
- Critical theory.
- Social aspects.
- Libraries--Special collections.
- Genre:
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Physical Description:
- viii, 378 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Sacramento, CA : Library Juice Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Highlights the use and focus of comics by librarians and library workers who practice critical librarianship"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The basics
- Beyond representation: addressing the role of empathy through diversity in graphic narratives / Kamaria Hatcher
- The work of critical sequential art selection in academic libraries / Elliott Kuecker and Brad Hawley
- Collecting
- Making use of the white space: the Mazinbiige Indigenous Graphic Novel Collection at the University of Manitoba / Camille Callison, Niigaanwewidam Sinclair, and Greg Bak
- Black to the future: a librarian's guide to building an Afrofuturist comics and graphic novels collection / Kai Alexis Smith and Aisha Conner-Gaten
- Challenging stereotypes and fixitya: African American comic books in the academic archive / Brian Flota
- Building a South Asian comics collection / Mara L. Thacker
- Advocating for diversity: collecting comics to reflect our students / Breanne Crumpton, Michelle Mitchell, Alva Jones Jr., and Jenay Solomon
- Comics in special collections: purposeful collection development for promoting inclusive history / Caitlin McGurk and Jenny E. Robb
- Organizing
- Apocalyptic comics, women detectives, and the many faces of Batgirl: creating more inclusive comic records through flexible cataloging practices / Liz Adams and Rich Murray
- Specter of censorship: comics in academic library leisure reading collections / Andrew Wang
- Teaching
- The extraordinary result of doing something ordinary / Kelly McElroy
- Visualizing arguments: constructing comics to unpack scholarly texts / Samantha Kirk and Patricia Guardiola
- Comics as social movement primary sources: the consciousness-raising comics of the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste / David Woken
- The value of nonfiction comics for critical information literacy instruction / Carly Diab
- Excavating visual texts: information literacy, critical thinking, and the graphic novel in the crime fiction classroom / Susanne F. Paterson and Carolyn White Gamtso
- Reaching
- Framing a narrative: critical use of comics in library exhibitions and programs / Gerald Natal and Jennifer Martinez Wormser
- Comics in clinic
- Kathryn M. Houk, Michelle P. Green, Matthew Noe, and Ariel Pomputius
- Feminist curating with our comics, ourselves / Jan Descartes and Monica M. Johnson
- Minicomics workshops and comic arts fairs to empower our communities / Lindsay Gibb.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781634000802
- 1634000803
- OCLC:
- 1088601561
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