Drawn to the Stacks

Carrye Kay Syma is an associate dean and librarian at Texas Tech University. Her research interests include graphic novels and sequential art in education, and women and self-harm. She has been published in Reference Services Review and College and Research Libraries News. Robert G. Weiner is the popular culture librarian at Texas Tech University. His work has been published in the Journal of Popular Culture, Public Library Quarterly, Journal of American Culture, International Journal of Comic Art and Popular Music and Society, and is the author/editor/coeditor of numerous books related to popular culture. Donell Callender has been an academic faculty librarian for 21 years and is currently head of research, instruction & outreach at the Texas Tech University Libraries. Her research interests include student success and retention, and information literacy instruction.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionRobert G. Weiner, Carrye Kay Syma, and Donell CallenderPart I: Archives and ArchivalshipHidden Archives: An Exploration of Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the WindJonathan BurkeMaus and the Archivist: Chronicling and Encountering Transformative Liminal SpacesRena A. MacLeod and Stephen A. HarrisDykes to Watch Out For as a Queer ArchiveJade KastelArchives, Memory, and Historical Justice in HBO’s WatchmenBradley J. WilesCulture Forever: Libraries as a Means of Cultural PreservationMelissa N. ThompsonLibraries of Cosmic Proportions in the Marvel UniverseConrad R. PeguesPart II: Libraries and LibrariansKizuna First! Representation of Japanese Librarianship in the Manga Yoake no ToshokanShu WanBarbara Gordon as Information Literacy Activist in Batgirl: Son of PenguinIan BoucherRupert Giles: Slaying the Information Literacy GameRenee KinerThe Librarian of Limbo: Or, How to Bear the Weight of InfinityRichard GrayThe Library of Your Dreams: The Concept of the Ideal Library and Librarian in the Extended Sandman UniverseErin Sweeney SmithPart III: Stereotypes, Portrayals, and Representations of the Profession of Librarianship“Judge all you want, Miss Dominatrix von Librarian”: Webcomics Representing Library Staff Outside of Social and Gendered NormsAmanda R. Glenn-BradleyAre We the Baddies? Representations of Librarians as Agents of Evil in ComicsAndrew Barber, Angela Cole, and Michelle GohrEvolving to Embrace the Unknown: Deconstructing the Librarian Stereotype in The SandmanPaizha Stoothoff“There’s an xkcd for That”: Depictions of Libraries in the Web’s Most Relevant ComicDavid DurdenThemes of Indigenous Epistemology and LGBTQ Information Seeking Patterns in Marvel’s AmericaRachel MartinezWhen Books Ruled the Earth: Library as Organizing Principle in Mark Schultz’s Xenozoic TalesTripp ReadeComic Strip Humor for LibrariansMichael A. CrumptonAbout the ContributorsIndex

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