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Graphic Novels: A Genre Guide to Comic Books, Manga, and More
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This article is published in Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research.The article was published on 2008-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 7 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Comics.read more
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Young adults reflect on the experience of reading comics in contemporary society: Overcoming the commonplace and recognizing complexity
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a Table of Table of contents of the table....................................................................................................................... ii Acknowledgments....................................................................................................................................................................... iv Table of Contents of the Table
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Graphic novels in libraries supporting teacher education and librarianship programs
TL;DR: It is concluded that academic librarians responsible for juvenile collections should evaluate their graphic novel holdings and begin actively collecting graphic novels for teens.
Adapting the graphic novel format for undergraduate level textbooks
TL;DR: The aspect ratio (the ratio of width-to-height) of print comic books directly affects the aspect ratio of digital versions of these books.
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Librarians’ perceptions of educational values of comic books: A comparative study between Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Australia and New Zealand
Patrick Lo,Bradley Allard,Kevin K.W. Ho,Joyce Chao chen Chen,Daisuke Okada,Andrew J. Stark,James Henri,Chung Chin Lai +7 more
TL;DR: This research paper reflects on the current situation of comic books in primary and middle school library collections and examines school librarians’ perceptions towards educational values of comics, as well as other problems encountered with the on-going maintenance of comicBooks as part of the school libraries’ regular collections.
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Tag, You're It: Enhancing Access to Graphic Novels
TL;DR: This study analyzed the cataloging practices and social tagging of a specific list of graphic novel titles in the academic libraries of the Association of Research Libraries to find limited access could be improved by using social tagging and genre heading.
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Young adults reflect on the experience of reading comics in contemporary society: Overcoming the commonplace and recognizing complexity
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a Table of Table of contents of the table....................................................................................................................... ii Acknowledgments....................................................................................................................................................................... iv Table of Contents of the Table
Journal ArticleDOI
Graphic novels in libraries supporting teacher education and librarianship programs
TL;DR: It is concluded that academic librarians responsible for juvenile collections should evaluate their graphic novel holdings and begin actively collecting graphic novels for teens.
Adapting the graphic novel format for undergraduate level textbooks
TL;DR: The aspect ratio (the ratio of width-to-height) of print comic books directly affects the aspect ratio of digital versions of these books.
Journal ArticleDOI
Librarians’ perceptions of educational values of comic books: A comparative study between Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Australia and New Zealand
Patrick Lo,Bradley Allard,Kevin K.W. Ho,Joyce Chao chen Chen,Daisuke Okada,Andrew J. Stark,James Henri,Chung Chin Lai +7 more
TL;DR: This research paper reflects on the current situation of comic books in primary and middle school library collections and examines school librarians’ perceptions towards educational values of comics, as well as other problems encountered with the on-going maintenance of comicBooks as part of the school libraries’ regular collections.
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Tag, You're It: Enhancing Access to Graphic Novels
TL;DR: This study analyzed the cataloging practices and social tagging of a specific list of graphic novel titles in the academic libraries of the Association of Research Libraries to find limited access could be improved by using social tagging and genre heading.