Tag: librarians
Maus hits #1 on Amazon – but is it enough?
Controversy has propelled Maus to the top of the sales charts, but a bigger battle is looming, librarians warn.
ALA 2019: All The Special Comics Events For Librarians
Back in 2010, the American Library Association held their Annual Conference in Washington, DC. There were comics publisher and distributors there, a few mainstream publishers had started publishing comics, and YA librarians loved how...
Graphic Novel TK Episode 29: Librarians
We talk with Robin Brenner, Teen Librarian at the Public Library of Brookline, about the ins and outs of comics librarianship.
ALA Mid-Winter 2019: All the Comics!
The following is an almost complete list of all the comics and graphic novel events, signings, and discussions taking place this weekend at the American Library Association's Midwinter conference in Seattle.
In addition to the...
YALSA Announces the 2019 Great Graphic Novels for Teens List!
"The Golden Age of Science Fiction is 12." —Peter Graham
The Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association, has announced the titles of their Great Graphic Novel for Teens list for...
NYCC ‘18: The NY Public Library Panel – Literary Comics to Build Your Collection
by Sara L. Jewell
On Thursday morning, for the second consecutive year, NYCC kicked off by hosting a full track of off-site programming for educators, librarians and comics professionals at the New York Public library....
Tilting at Windmills #269: Wal-Mart, Content and ALA
Brian Hibbs goes to New Orleans for ALA and muses about DC's march on Wal-Mart
ALA 2018: Graphic novels shine in a very different Hall H
Why can’t the world just be ruled by cabals of mighty librarian queens? Organizing to create policies, looking out for the marginalized, fighting censorship, advocating for the education and literacy of all – we’d be...
Young Adult Librarians Select Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2018!
From the press release:
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has announced its 2018 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list.
The list of 115 titles, drawn from 190 official nominations, is...
NYCC ’17 adds professional programming track at the New York Public Library
It looks like New York Comic Con is significantly broadening its outreach and the kinds of topics its covering this year. One sign of that is an entire track of programming at the New...
A Tale of Two Book Fairs: BookExpo/BookCon and the American Library Association Annual Conference
Last June, I attended two events: BookExpo/BookCon held May 31-June 4 at the Javits Center in New York City, and the American Library Association Annual Conference (ALAAC), held June 22-27 at McCormick Place in Chicago.
Both...
