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Comics and critical librarianship : reframing the narrative in academic libraries

Grimm, Stephanie, 1983- (editor.). Piepmeier, Olivia, (editor.).

Summary: "Highlights the use and focus of comics by librarians and library workers who practice critical librarianship"--

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ISBN: 9781634000802
ISBN: 1634000803
Physical Description: print
viii, 378 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher: Sacramento, CA : Library Juice Press, 2019.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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 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.