Jane,
Academe generally refers to them as graphic novels if they are in book
form. It's definitely a literary genre, and there are genre headings for
"Comics (Graphic works)" as well as "Graphic novels. " We started a
collection about 10 years ago to support a faculty member who teaches the
genre in one of his English classes. (We also thought our graphic design
students would be interested in the artwork, but that has not been the
case.)
Now that we have a core collection of about 300 graphic novels, we don't
add much to the collection. I look for award-winners (e.g. Eisner awards)
and avoid books in seemingly limitless series. The books are classified
together in PN67XX to facilitate browsing, and they circulate. Our
collection includes mostly graphic novels themselves, but also literary
criticism about graphic novels in general.
Beth
Beth Jacoby
Content Development Librarian
Schmidt Library
Library & Technology Services
York College of Pennsylvania
441 Country Club Rd.
York, PA 17403-3651
On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 11:23 AM Jane Marie Pinzino <colldv_at_lists.ala.org>
wrote:
> Greetings colleagues, from Tulane,
>
> Increasingly, the book ordering slips I receive from various vendors
> include comics.
>
> - Are comics now an authentic literary genre?
>
>
> - Do you add them to your collection, and if so, how do you select?
>
>
> - What kind of patron access do you provide? Do they circulate?
>
>
> Here's an example of a slip for a comic book from the French vendor
> Amalivre, with the vendor's highest, 3 star rating:
>
> ***
> Cornette, Jean-Luc
> La perle
> Paris : Futuropolis, 201901
> 136 pages :, 28 cm, ILL.
> ISBN : 2754816399 / 9782754816397
> Euro : 20,00
> Ref AUXAM : 805205 -02/2019
> LC : PN Literary history (General)
> DEWEY : 741 Comics
> Interdisciplinary : 038 Comics - 050 Publ. Libraries
>
>
> Here'a an example of a research book on comics:
>
>
>
> Title:IMMIGRANTS AND COMICS: GRAPHIC SPACES OF REMEMBRANCE, TRANSACTION, AND MIMESIS.
> Editor:NHORA LUCIA SERRANO
> Publisher:ROUTLEDGE Place of Publication:LONDON
> Pub Year:2018 ISBN:9781138186156
> Binding:Cloth Pagination:296 P.
> Series Title:ROUTLEDGE ADVANCES IN COMICS STUDIES.
> Series Type:Unnumbered Series
> Series ID:75009 Series Format:Print
> LC Class:P
> Subject Headings:SOCIAL SCIENCE / MEDIA STUDIES/LITERARY CRITICISM / COMICS & GRAPHIC N
> Language:English OCLC:OCN975372969
> US List:150.00 USD US Status:Not yet published
> UK List:105.00 GBP UK Status:Not yet published
>
> What do you think?
>
> Thank you colleagues, Jane
>
Received on Mon Feb 11 2019 - 13:16:14 EST