Graphic Novels and Comics in Libraries and Archives

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.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Foreword by Elizabeth Figa      Foreword by Derek Parker Royal      Introduction (Robert G. Weiner)      Part One: History1. A Librarian’s Guide to the History of Graphic NovelsALICIA HOLSTON      2. Manga in Japanese Libraries: A Historical OverviewDAVID HOPKINS      3. How Librarians Learned to Love the Graphic NovelAMY KISTE NYBERG      Part Two: School Libraries4. The Development of a School Library Graphic Novel CollectionHEIDI K. HAMMOND      5. Balancing Popular High-Circulation Works with Works of Merit in Elementary School Library CollectionsDIANA P. MALISZEWSKI      Part Three: Public Libraries6. Creative Shelving: Placement in Library CollectionsAMY HARTMAN      7. Graphic Novels at Los Angeles PublicRACHEL KITZMANN      8. Teen-Led RevampERICA SEGRAVES      Part Four: Academic Libraries9. Selection and Popular Culture in Large Academic Libraries: Taking the Temperature of Your Research CommunityCHARLOTTE CUBBAGE      10. Maus Goes to College: Graphic Novels on Reserve at an Academic LibraryANNE-MARIE DAVIS      11. The Library After Dark: The Promotion of Collections and ServicesGWEN EVANS      12. So Many Options, So Little Money: Building a Selective Collection for the Academic LibraryLIORAH ANNE GOLOMB      13. The Spinner Rack in the Big Red and Ivory Tower: Establishing a Comics and Graphic Novels Collection at the UniversityNebraska–LincolnRICHARD GRAHAM      14. Comic Art Collection at the Michigan State University LibrariesRANDALL W. SCOTT      15. Interview with Randall W. ScottNICHOLAS YANES AND ROBERT G. WEINER      Part Five: State Libraries/Archives16. The Perils of Doctor Strange: Preserving Pennsylvania-Centered Comics at the State Library of PennsylvaniaWILLIAM T. FEE      Part Six: Audiences17. Graphic Novels and the Untapped AudienceRUTH BOYER      18. Comic Relief in Libraries: Motivating Male Adolescent ReadersKAREN GAVIGAN      19. “Forty-one-year-old female academics aren’t supposed to like comics!” The Value of Comic Books to Adult ReadersSARAH ZIOLKOWSKA AND VIVIAN HOWARD      20. Graphics Let Teens OWN the LibraryCHRISTIAN ZABRISKIE      Part Seven: Nomenclature and Aesthetics21. The Only Thing Graphic Is Your Mind: Reconstructing the Reference Librarian’s View of the GenreAMANDA STEGALL-ARMOUR      22. What’s in a Name: Nomenclature and LibrariesFRANCISCA GOLDSMITH      23. The Ontology of Art and What Libraries ShouldRUTH TALLMAN AND JASON SOUTHWORTH      Part Eight: Meta-Comics/Webcomics24. Meta-Comics and Libraries: Should Libraries Buy Them?ADAM J. NOBLE      25. Webcomics and LibrariesAMY THORNE      Part Nine: Cataloging26. Cataloging and Problems with Dewey: Creativity, Collaboration and CompromiseLAUREL TARULLI      27. An Example of an In-House Cataloging SystemROBERT G. WEINER      Part Ten: Evaluation of Collections28. Drawing Comics into Canadian LibrariesRACHEL COLLINS      29. Graphic Novel Holdings in Academic LibrariesERIC WERTHMANN      Afterword by Stephen Weiner      About the Contributors      Index

“rich...more data, coverage of academic libraries, and Canadian perspectives are collected here than in previous books on graphic novels in libraries...recommended for all”—Library Journal; “extremely well organized with rich content...excellent...highly recommended”—Reference & User Services Quarterly; “provides some scholarly analysis, making it worth considering as an introductory textbook”—American Libraries.