Zounds! Biff! Kablam! Or How I Started a Graphic Novel Collection at My Academic Library

Crystal Rose, a Public Services Library at Memorial University in Corner Brook, began with a brief history of comics and graphic novels. Her presentation was particularly interesting because she used graphics to show the history of this genre. She gave evidence that graphic novels are being used for courses in many disciplines, and in scholarly journals as the focus of academic research. She included a list of criteria being used at MUN to make selection decisions and a sense of cost and circulation statistics for this collection. Crystal provided tips for choosing titles, ways to promote the collection, as well as cataloguing challenges.