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 -- 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 fixity": 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Drawing them in: Critical use of comics in library exhibitions and programs / Gerald Natal and Jennifer Martinez Wormser -- Comics in the 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.
Summary:
"Highlights the use and focus of comics by librarians and library workers who practice critical librarianship"-- Provided by publisher. Comic collections have existed in academic institutions for over fifty years. Libraries have taken a variety of approaches to address differing philosophies and needs for their collections, but discourse has typically focused on the practical concerns of management and organization, considering the best ways to collect, catalog, shelve, and share comic books and trades, graphic novels, and more. As a growing body of practice and scholarship, critical librarianship provides essential perspectives on the power structure, systems, and social justice concerns within libraries. This edited work considers comics librarianship through the lens of critical librarianship, focusing on work done in and around the academic library. Presented through case studies, original research and essays, and personal reflection, the book engages with topics from collection and cataloging to teaching and outreach, with contributors representing academic libraries and academic archival collections of varying sizes and populations across the United States and Canada. -- summary adapted from back cover.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.