Graphic Novels Now: Building, Managing, and Marketing a Dynamic Collection

By Francisca Goldsmith

By focusing on monographic works in a practical, in-depth professional discussion, this guide helps librarians grapple with the details of a growing genre and customer base that rarely fits into an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0838909043
• ISBN13: 9780838909041
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Length: 113 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A complete and "user friendly" guide for librarians seeking to develop well-rounded and popular grap

One of the truly flourishing facets of the publishing industry, graphic novels have truly come into their own and are gaining wide-spread popularity you both juvenile and adult readerships. Graphic Novels Now: Building, Managing, And Marketing A Dynamic Collection by Francisca Goldsmith (Collection Management and Promotion Librarian for the Berkeley Public Library) is a complete and "user friendly" guide for librarians seeking to develop well-rounded and popular graphic novel collections through knowledgeable reviewers, as well as reliable graphic novel publishers and distributors. Very highly recommended as a resource guide, Graphic Novels Now directly addresses basic questions and issues such as what constitutes a graphic novel; how to create a graphic novel collection development policy; shelving, cataloging, and preserving the graphic novel, even how to create dynamic programs such as artist visits and cartooning workshops.