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A Pathfinder for Comic Books and Graphic Novels 2 Hugh H NORTH CAROLINA LIBRARIES Volume 74, Number 1 | Spring/Summer 2016 | ISSN 0029-2540 CLICK ON THE TITLE TO ACCESS THE ARTICLE From the Pen of the Editor: Fire the Librarians First! 1 Ralph Scott A Pathfinder for Comic Books and Graphic Novels 2 Hugh H. Davis, Ryan M. Smith Incorporating Branded Academic Library Programming to Promote and 13 Showcase Campus Research and Artistic Performances Christian Burris, Carolyn McCallum, Molly Keener Why Should I Care?: RDA and Your Library 21 Sonia Archer-Capuzzo Diversity from the Inside Out: 25 Eight Years of the UNCG Libraries Diversity Committee Orolando Augustus Duffus, Tiffany Henry, Jada Jones, Stacey Krim 30 61st Biennial Conference: Ogilvie Lecture & Biennium Reports UNC-CH Library School Master’s Paper Abstracts: 42 Summer 2014 - Spring 2016 College STAR for Librarians 79 Clark Nall From the Page of North Carolina Libraries: 81 Intellectual Freedom? Censorship in North Carolina, 1981-1985 Barbara A. Thorson North Carolina Books 84 Compiled by Al Jones Wired to the World: Browsers 92 Ralph L. Scott DRAFT The Charles Waddell Chesnutt Collection at Fayetteville State University 93 William Joseph Thomas North Carolina Libraries is the official publication of the North Carolina Library Association. North Carolina Libraries Volume 74 Issue 1 Spring/Summer 2016 1 From the Pen of the Editor | Ralph Scott Fire the Librarians First! lectric utilities have a load sharing system that the domain of life-long learners of all classes, are now allows them to cut off subscribers when the being shuttered and closed, because as we all know system demand exceeds the resources available. “everything is on the Internet.” EIt is commonly known as a “rolling blackout.” That One of the main problems with an annual (or way not everyone is in the dark at once, only selected multi-year) contract system is that it is not a merit- areas. This system works pretty well in that everyone based system. You will instead lay off those librarians shares more or less equally the pain of being without who simply by the luck of the draw came up for electricity. Of course those without power are unhappy, renewal during a period when budgets were tight. but at least they know the power will come back on This is not a formula for creating a high quality staff. when it is their turn. The tenure system, regardless of what you think of Librarians are being offered a similar administrative it, at least in theory was based on merit. Those who load sharing system, only this time it is the librarians excelled were awarded tenure, while those who were that remain in the dark forever. In school libraries, good, but perhaps not deserving of life-time contracts, professional librarians are being treated as “extras” ended up with terminal year contracts. I’m not sure and not considered part of the regular teaching staff. that the idea of working for the same institution Often libraries are phased out, or closed for most of means the same thing that it did thirty years ago. the school day. Sometimes non-librarian staff are used Librarians move around more now and take positions to manage and run school libraries. For example in of increasing responsibility. One possible administra- Duval County, Florida, a school media specialist staff tive theory is that if you let librarians go randomly, of 39 in middle and high schools was reduced in 2015 you will replace them with other staff that are simi- to two librarians. Similar reductions took place in larly talented. Institutional memory and talent are elementary school libraries. A similar situation is no longer needed because again: “everything is on occurring with academic librarians, where most new the Internet.” contracts now are for one year, with an “option” of possible additional annual renewals. Gone are the lifetime tenure contracts. If a budget crisis were to Submission Requirements for occur these librarians on annual contract would be easy marks for non-renewal. It’s like the utility load North Carolina Libraries sharing system only this time only the academic li- brarians are affected. Curriculum instructors in say Eletronic articles can be submitted online at: http://www.ncl.ecu.edu English, Computer Science, Accounting are pretty much likely to remain free from “load sharing,” unless a specific program is being eliminated. Librarians in » To submit you must login; if needed you can register all types of libraries are seeing this type of change. using the link in the header. Academic librarians are seen less as teaching staff and » We use the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition, more of working in an administrative support role. 2003). These new academic librarian contracts have moved » We have a rolling deadline, articles are juried when from the protections of a tenure based system, to one received. that offers less security, length, and respect. Public » Publication of approved articles is in about 3-9 months depending on space available. DRAFT librarians are observing staff reductions, shifting of professional duties to support staff, and reductions » For additional information, contact Ralph Scott at: in operating hours. Public libraries, which were once [email protected] Letters to the editor should be addressed to the editor and sent to Joyner Library, East Fifth Street, Greenville, NC 27858, or by electronic mail ([email protected]). We reserve the right to edit all submissions. If you are interested in writing for North Carolina Libraries or would like consideration for news and product information, please send brief information to the editor at the above address. North Carolina Libraries Volume 74 Issue 1 Spring/Summer 2016 1 Hugh H. Davis, Ryan M. Smith A Pathfinder for Comic Books and Graphic Novels his pathfinder will assist patrons in a school library as Introduction Tthey find resources and complete research about the Alternative media are becoming more widely accepted as growing world of comic books and graphic novels. Comic forms of literature. Comic books and graphic novels are books and comic book-inspired entertainment are more now mainstream, with characters and storylines appearing popular than ever; comics are increasingly a part of English/ in movies, cartoons, video games, television shows, and Language Arts curriculum; and library users are more and more. Comics and graphic novels are a billion dollar in- more often seeking graphic novels (and information about dustry that can often go overlooked in the minds of readers. them) when they go to the library. This pathfinder collects The resources in this pathfinder will open readers’ eyes to sources which help address patrons’ needs regarding this the universe of stories and characters that are contained in subject, providing the starting points for research about comic books. It will also give readers an idea of the rich comics. Patrons using this pathfinder will be introduced history of the industry and the powerful impact that comic to a variety of sources that allow them to become familiar books and graphic novels have had on popular culture. In with the creative forces behind and the imaginative creations addition, it will provide teachers with a multitude of liter- within comic pages. The American Association of School ary resources that they may otherwise overlook. Librarians (AASL) has standards 4.1.2 (Read widely and fluently to make connections with self, the world, and Classification Numbers previous reading) and 4.1.3 (Respond to literature and Examples of Library of Congress Classification numbers creative expressions of ideas in various formats and genres), to browse: and this pathfinder, for reference materials for a specific • PN6725 .S56 2003 and sometimes-overlooked genre of literature, helps meet • PN6725 .W58 1989 both of these standards. The Common Core Standards for • PN6707 .C65 1993 English/Language Arts & Literacy address several elements for texts which apply to comic books and graphic novels. Examples of Dewey Decimal Classification numbers to For example, the high school standards for Reading: Lit- browse: erature include 9-10.2 & 10-11.2 (Determine theme or • 741 (comic books). Materials about film and television central idea of a text and analyze in details its development adaptations of comics and videography lists of films based over the course of the text, including how it emerges and on comic book properties can also be found with 741, is shaped and refined by specific details), 9.10-3 (Analyze but further DDC numbers to browse are 777 (cinema- how complex characters develop over the course of a text, tography and videography) and 791 (film adaptations). interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme), 9-10.9 (Analyze how an author draws Subject Headings and Keywords on and transforms source material in a specific work), Keywords to be used in searches include: 11-12.3 (Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regard- ing how to develop and relate elements of a story), and comic books visual storytelling Archie 11-12.7 (Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, graphic novels Stan Lee Golden age or poem, evaluating how each version interprets the source text). The majority of materials provided to ELA teachers superheros X-Men Silver age focuses on traditional printed texts, but the movement in Marvel Superman Image comics education is to use a variety of sources and textual types, DC superhero movies comic adaptations with graphic novels at the forefront of this movement. This pathfinder helps both teachers and students in a school sequential art library find appropriate and effective resources. 2 North Carolina Libraries Volume 74 Issue 1 Spring/Summer 2016 Library of Congress Subject Headings Class P Language and Literature Subclass PN Literature (General) PN6700 - PN6790 Comic books, strips, etc.
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