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FROM: Carrie Herrmann <[removed]@bcpl.org>
REC'D: 3/21/02, 11:07 AM

Help. I have been given the task of purchasing a selection of graphic novels
for the adult collection of the library. No sex, nudity, etc... I know
nothing about this genre. Does anyone know of a good source for titles,
reviews, purchasing? Also if any library has a collection, how do you catalog
them? and, do you shelve them with the rest of the collection or do they have
their own section?

I would appreciate any help you can give me.

Thank you

Carrie A. Herrmann
Access Services Coordinator
Boone County Public Library
859-384-5550 (phone)
859-394-5557 (fax)
[removed]@bcpl.org

FROM: Viccy Kemp <[removed]@cityofcarrollton.com>
REC'D: 3/21/02, 11:18 AM

VOYA reviews graphic novels on occasion. There was a recent article in LJ
about them as well, listing titles that would be useful (sorry, I don't have
the citation handy). We currenty own almost all the Neil Gaiman Sandman
novels, which are "R" rated, and located in Adult Science Fiction. We plan
to buy some of the DC Comics retrospective collections (Superman, Batman and
Wonderwoman) and plan to shelve these in Young Adult.
HTH
Viccy Kemp
The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!

-----Original Message-----
From: Carrie Herrmann [[removed]@bcpl.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 10:57 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: collection development


Help. I have been given the task of purchasing a selection of graphic
novels
for the adult collection of the library. No sex, nudity, etc... I know
nothing about this genre. Does anyone know of a good source for titles,
reviews, purchasing? Also if any library has a collection, how do you
catalog
them? and, do you shelve them with the rest of the collection or do they
have
their own section?

I would appreciate any help you can give me.

Thank you

Carrie A. Herrmann
Access Services Coordinator
Boone County Public Library
859-384-5550 (phone)
859-394-5557 (fax)
[removed]@bcpl.org

FROM: "Quillen, Christine" <[removed]@camden.lib.nj.us>
REC'D: 3/21/02, 11:29 AM

You might want to take a look at the following web page:
http://my.voyager.net/~sraiteri/graphicnovels.htm

The author is a librarian in Ohio. Also Hennepin County did a presentation
at PLA on graphic novels. I didn't get to go :(, but someone from there
might be able to make some recommendations.

C. L. Quillen

-----Original Message-----
From: Carrie Herrmann [[removed]@bcpl.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 11:57 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: collection development


Help. I have been given the task of purchasing a selection of graphic
novels
for the adult collection of the library. No sex, nudity, etc... I know
nothing about this genre. Does anyone know of a good source for titles,
reviews, purchasing? Also if any library has a collection, how do you
catalog
them? and, do you shelve them with the rest of the collection or do they
have
their own section?

I would appreciate any help you can give me.

Thank you

Carrie A. Herrmann
Access Services Coordinator
Boone County Public Library
859-384-5550 (phone)
859-394-5557 (fax)
[removed]@bcpl.org

FROM: Viccy Kemp <[removed]@cityofcarrollton.com>
REC'D: 3/21/02, 11:29 AM

And on this note, any handouts should be available at the PLA website.
Viccy Kemp
The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!

-----Original Message-----
From: Quillen, Christine [[removed]@camden.lib.nj.us]
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 11:17 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: collection development


You might want to take a look at the following web page:
http://my.voyager.net/~sraiteri/graphicnovels.htm

The author is a librarian in Ohio. Also Hennepin County did a presentation
at PLA on graphic novels. I didn't get to go :(, but someone from there
might be able to make some recommendations.

C. L. Quillen

-----Original Message-----
From: Carrie Herrmann [[removed]@bcpl.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 11:57 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: collection development


Help. I have been given the task of purchasing a selection of graphic
novels
for the adult collection of the library. No sex, nudity, etc... I know
nothing about this genre. Does anyone know of a good source for titles,
reviews, purchasing? Also if any library has a collection, how do you
catalog
them? and, do you shelve them with the rest of the collection or do they
have
their own section?

I would appreciate any help you can give me.

Thank you

Carrie A. Herrmann
Access Services Coordinator
Boone County Public Library
859-384-5550 (phone)
859-394-5557 (fax)
[removed]@bcpl.org

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 3/21/02, 11:29 AM

At 11:56 AM 3/21/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Help. I have been given the task of purchasing a selection of graphic
novels
>for the adult collection of the library. No sex, nudity, etc... I know
>nothing about this genre. Does anyone know of a good source for titles,
>reviews, purchasing?


A few years old but probably still useful:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Author: Weiner, Stephen, 1955-

Title: 100 graphic novels for public libraries / [Steven [i.e.
Stephen] Weiner].

Published: Northampton, Mass. : Kitchen Sink Press, c1996.

Description: 48 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Subjects, Library of Congress (Use s=):
Graphic novels--Bibliography.

Other titles: One hundred graphic novels for public libraries

Notes: Includes index.

ISBN: 0878164154
--------------------------------------------------------------------
LOCATION: CALL NUMBER: STATUS:
WILSON PN6714 .W45x 1996 Not checked out

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Author: Rothschild, D. Aviva.

Title: Graphic novels : a bibliographic guide to book-length
comics /
by D. Aviva Rothschild.

Published: Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1995.

Description: xxii, 245 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects, Library of Congress (Use s=):
Graphic novels--Bibliography.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN: 1563080869

---------------------------------------------------------------------
LOCATION: CALL NUMBER: STATUS:
WILSON PN6714 .R68x 1995 Not checked out


I suspect both out of print, but our copies are in general stacks and
should be available on ILL to you if you wish.


Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: [removed]@att.net
REC'D: 3/21/02, 11:39 AM

Carrie,

Library Feb. 1, 2002 has an article on graphic novels
"Beyond Superheores: Comic Get Serious". The articles
is available on LJ's web site under collection
development section. The web address is
www.libraryjournal.com/ It was a good article and has a
bibliography of graphic novels at the end of the
article.

Mary Jo Eyth
> Help. I have been given the task of purchasing a selection of graphic novels
> for the adult collection of the library. No sex, nudity, etc... I know
> nothing about this genre. Does anyone know of a good source for titles,
> reviews, purchasing? Also if any library has a collection, how do you catalog
> them? and, do you shelve them with the rest of the collection or do they have
> their own section?
>
> I would appreciate any help you can give me.
>
> Thank you
>
> Carrie A. Herrmann
> Access Services Coordinator
> Boone County Public Library
> 859-384-5550 (phone)
> 859-394-5557 (fax)
> [removed]@bcpl.org
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

FROM: [removed]@edmail.com
REC'D: 3/21/02, 12:22 PM

Although you're building a collection for an adult
public library clientele, your criteria of no sex,
nudity, etc. sound much like ours for our YA
collection. We've used the Aviva Rothschild book
"Graphic Novels" which Dennis mentioned, and also the
regular reviews by Kat Kann in VOYA. There's also a
new book out called something like "The 100 Best
Graphic Novels" which I've ordered but don't have yet.
And we own a history of the genre called "Comic Book
Nation" which might help you.

You might want to contact Laura Bruggeman at the
Downers Grove (IL) Public Library. They have a LARGE
adult graphic novel collection -- I think >500 titles -
and she's done workshops on the topic (she got us
started on ours). Their phone # is 630-960-1200, and
their director's email is [removed]@downersgrovelibrar

We catalog our titles as regular books and shelve them
accordingly, while also listing them in the subj. cat.
under the form headings GRAPHIC NOVELS and GRAPHIC
NONFICTION so they can be found by genre. The kids
seem to have no trouble locating them.

We purchase ours from Diamond Comic Distributors
(phone# 800-452-6642,email [removed]@dimanondcomics.com)
or from amazon.com (they have tons of titles) or from a
local comic book store. The latter has found us good
used copies of a couple of titles we really wanted that
were o.p., and amazon will do the same.

Kathy Shannon
Thornwood H.S.
South Holland, IL

FROM: Heidi McCraw <[removed]@monroe.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 3/21/02, 1:36 PM

Yes, definitely take a look at the handouts from the PLA session:
Superheroes and Beyond. Lots of great guidance, webpages, a "favorites"
list divided by age appropriateness, etc. They also recommend Stephen
Weiner's 101 Best Graphic Novels, 2001--which is what we used when
starting our collection.

--------------------------------
Heidi K. McCraw
Head of Collection Services
Monroe County Library System
3700 S. Custer, Monroe, MI 48161
[removed]@monroe.lib.mi.us
734-241-5277

On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Carrie Herrmann wrote:

> Help. I have been given the task of purchasing a selection of graphic novels
> for the adult collection of the library. No sex, nudity, etc... I know
> nothing about this genre. Does anyone know of a good source for titles,
> reviews, purchasing? Also if any library has a collection, how do you catalog
> them? and, do you shelve them with the rest of the collection or do they have
> their own section?
>
> I would appreciate any help you can give me.
>
> Thank you
>
> Carrie A. Herrmann
> Access Services Coordinator
> Boone County Public Library
> 859-384-5550 (phone)
> 859-394-5557 (fax)
> [removed]@bcpl.org
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: Lucy Lockley <[removed]@mail.win.org>
REC'D: 3/21/02, 1:46 PM

Carrie (and any one else interested):

The following address will take you to the list of handouts from the
"Superheroes and Beyond: Why Comics and Graphic Novels Belong in Your
Library" program from last Saturday at PLA:

http://www.pla.org/conference/conf02/saturday.html#superheroes

I was lucky to have had a co-worker stop by the program and he brought back
many other items such as catalogs, posters, and samples of some graphic
novels along with the handouts. These other items, of course, are not
available off the PLA website but the resource list and the glossary look
very useful.

Hope this helps.

Lucy M. Lockley Phone: 636/441.2300, Ext. 1563
Collection Development Manager FAX: 636/441.3132
St. Charles City-County Library District
425 Spencer Road
P.O. Box 529 e-mail: [removed]@mail.win.org
St. Peters, MO 63376-0529 Library website: www.win.org/library

"Demons after money!?! Whatever happened to the still beating heart
of a virgin?! No one has ANY standards anymore!"
Giles, the Librarian ('Buffy, the Vampire Slayer')
___
| \
| \
[removed]@############]==========================================================>
\\ | /
\\ ____/ / Touche!
\________/

FROM: Brian Smith <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
REC'D: 3/21/02, 1:46 PM

You might want to take a look at The Librarian's Guide to Anime and
Manga (http://www.koyagi.com/Libguide.html).

Brian Smith
Adult Services Librarian
Waukegan (IL) Public Library
[removed]@nslsilus.org

p.s. A personal recommendation for acquisition: _Channel Zero_, by Brian
Wood (http://www.brianwood.com/cz/).

Carrie Herrmann wrote:
>
> Help. I have been given the task of purchasing a selection of graphic novels
> for the adult collection of the library. No sex, nudity, etc... I know
> nothing about this genre. Does anyone know of a good source for titles,
> reviews, purchasing? Also if any library has a collection, how do you catalog
> them? and, do you shelve them with the rest of the collection or do they have
> their own section?

FROM: "Melanie C. Duncan" <[removed]@mail.bibb.public.lib.ga.us>
REC'D: 3/21/02, 2:40 PM

Re: collection development for graphic novels

Aviva Rothschild has a website where she posts reviews at
http://www.rationalmagic.com/Comics/Comics.html.

Also, swing by Topica.com and sign up for the Graphic Novels in Libraries
listserv, or send a blank e-mail to [removed]@topica.com.


Melanie C. Duncan
Reference/Interlibrary Loan
Washington Memorial Library, Macon, Georgia
Christian Fiction Columnist, Library Journal (libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com)
Editor/Publisher, The Bookdragon Review
(www.bookdragonreview.com)
All opinions expressed are my own.

FROM: "Roberts, Julie" <[removed]@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 3/22/02, 11:16 AM

Carrie, I think you do not know what graphic novels are. They are NOT
"graphic novels" of lust, sex, murder, etc. They are merely books in comic
book form, like Superman, Batman, and others. Many are of Japanese origin.
It is a very popular genre, especially with the young adults. I have been
given the task of assisting my supervisor in ordering them. This is the
list we are currently using.
Baker & Taylor has many of these, as does Amazon.com. They are going to be
cataloged and shelved in our Adult/Young Adult (AYA) section.
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/poppaper/02popapernoms.html
Good Luck! Julie A. Roberts [removed]@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us

-----Original Message-----
From: Carrie Herrmann [[removed]@bcpl.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 10:01 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: collection development

Help. I have been given the task of purchasing a selection of graphic
novels
for the adult collection of the library. No sex, nudity, etc... I know
nothing about this genre. Does anyone know of a good source for titles,
reviews, purchasing? Also if any library has a collection, how do you
catalog
them? and, do you shelve them with the rest of the collection or do they
have
their own section?

I would appreciate any help you can give me.

Thank you

Carrie A. Herrmann
Access Services Coordinator
Boone County Public Library
859-384-5550 (phone)
859-394-5557 (fax)
[removed]@bcpl.org

FROM: "Roberts, Julie" <[removed]@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 3/22/02, 11:39 AM

Lucy, Lucy, Lucy! THANK YOU so much for this great information and
link!!!!!!!!!!!! This will be very helpful in my own Graphic Novel
research & ordering! I will soon show this to my supervisor, who will also
be excited. Thanks a million! Julie A. Roberts
[removed]@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us

-----Original Message-----
From: Lucy Lockley [[removed]@mail.win.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 10:02 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: collection development


Carrie (and any one else interested):

The following address will take you to the list of handouts from the
"Superheroes and Beyond: Why Comics and Graphic Novels Belong in Your
Library" program from last Saturday at PLA:

http://www.pla.org/conference/conf02/saturday.html#superheroes

I was lucky to have had a co-worker stop by the program and he brought back

many other items such as catalogs, posters, and samples of some graphic
novels along with the handouts. These other items, of course, are not
available off the PLA website but the resource list and the glossary look
very useful.

Hope this helps.

Lucy M. Lockley Phone: 636/441.2300, Ext. 1563
Collection Development Manager FAX: 636/441.3132
St. Charles City-County Library District
425 Spencer Road
P.O. Box 529 e-mail: [removed]@mail.win.org
St. Peters, MO 63376-0529 Library website: www.win.org/library

"Demons after money!?! Whatever happened to the still beating heart
of a virgin?! No one has ANY standards anymore!"
Giles, the Librarian ('Buffy, the Vampire Slayer')
___
| \
| \

[removed]@############]==========================================================>
\\ | /
\\ ____/ / Touche!
\________/

FROM: Cheryl Edwards <[removed]@mail.wrl.org>
REC'D: 3/22/02, 1:03 PM

You might want to pay a visit to a comic book store in your area and
talk to the store's owner. He will know better than any review journal
what titles and characters are popular in your locale and be able to
guide you away from the more adult oriented graphic novels. We started a
Graphic Novels collection in January with a month long display. It was
wildly popular to the point where I couldn't keep it stocked. The
traditional superheroes(Batman, X-Men, Spider-man) seem to be the big
favorites and Gaiman's Sandman series and the works of Alan Moore are
well liked by the older readers but can contain some nudity.

-Cheryl-
Williamsburg Regional Library-

On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Carrie Herrmann wrote:

> Help. I have been given the task of purchasing a selection of graphic novels
> for the adult collection of the library. No sex, nudity, etc... I know
> nothing about this genre. Does anyone know of a good source for titles,
> reviews, purchasing? Also if any library has a collection, how do you catalog
> them? and, do you shelve them with the rest of the collection or do they have
> their own section?
>
> I would appreciate any help you can give me.
>
> Thank you
>
> Carrie A. Herrmann
> Access Services Coordinator
> Boone County Public Library
> 859-384-5550 (phone)
> 859-394-5557 (fax)
> [removed]@bcpl.org
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: "Kelly Benson" <[removed]@htls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 3/22/02, 1:56 PM

> Carrie, I think you do not know what graphic novels are. They are NOT
> "graphic novels" of lust, sex, murder, etc. They are merely books in
comic
> book form, like Superman, Batman, and others. Many are of Japanese
origin.
> It is a very popular genre, especially with the young adults.

I might want to point out that *some* graphic novels do indeed contain sex
and nudity. Not all comic books are the ones that we remember when we were
kids. Manga (Japanese comic books) especially can, depending on the series,
be very "adult" in nature. In Japan, manga is a big cultural thing with many
graphic books on special topics ranging from what we think of as comic books
to cooking and business. There are, also, certain lines of American comic
book publishers such as Dark Horse that are also adult in nature. I'm sure,
simply, that Carrie's library didn't find the more "adult" books to be
appopriate for their situation. We just started carrying graphic novels
here, ourselves, so these postings have been quite helpful.


Kelly Benson
Adult Services Librarian
Three Rivers Public Library District
Channahon-Minooka, Illinois

FROM: Julie Roberts <[removed]@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 3/22/02, 3:00 PM

I want to point out that I wasn't trying to sound like I was reprimanding
her. I am not totally familiar with these, and didn't realize until I had
looked at what was suggested earlier as a GREAT link that some of these ARE
adult in nature. I know a lot of people who think "graphic novels" are
books full of nudity, sex or violence, not comic books of various types.
Julie A. Roberts
[removed]@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us

-----Original Message-----
From: Kelly Benson [[removed]@htls.lib.il.us]
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 1:55 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: collection development


> Carrie, I think you do not know what graphic novels are. They are NOT
> "graphic novels" of lust, sex, murder, etc. They are merely books in
comic
> book form, like Superman, Batman, and others. Many are of Japanese
origin.
> It is a very popular genre, especially with the young adults.

I might want to point out that *some* graphic novels do indeed contain sex
and nudity. Not all comic books are the ones that we remember when we were
kids. Manga (Japanese comic books) especially can, depending on the
series,
be very "adult" in nature. In Japan, manga is a big cultural thing with
many
graphic books on special topics ranging from what we think of as comic
books
to cooking and business. There are, also, certain lines of American comic
book publishers such as Dark Horse that are also adult in nature. I'm sure,
simply, that Carrie's library didn't find the more "adult" books to be
appopriate for their situation. We just started carrying graphic novels
here, ourselves, so these postings have been quite helpful.


Kelly Benson
Adult Services Librarian
Three Rivers Public Library District
Channahon-Minooka, Illinois

FROM: "Kelly Benson" <[removed]@htls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 3/22/02, 3:42 PM

> I want to point out that I wasn't trying to sound like I was reprimanding
> her. I am not totally familiar with these, and didn't realize until I had
> looked at what was suggested earlier as a GREAT link that some of these
ARE
> adult in nature. I know a lot of people who think "graphic novels" are
> books full of nudity, sex or violence, not comic books of various types.
> Julie A. Roberts

I think "graphic novel" is a bit of a pain of a term anyway because you're
right it does give you that impression. I was, however, afraid that people
might think that all of these books are free from "adult" content and they
are not. :-) I didn't think you were reprimanding her and I hope I didn't
sound like I was doing it in reverse.

As for the term, in comic book land, they call the ones we get TPB or trade
paperbacks, but that obviously isn't useful either because that's a common
publishing term.

Interestingly enough, there's a letter to editor in the March 15 LJ that
mentions graphic novels. Anyone know the URL for Diamond's Bookshelf, it's
not mentioned in the letter, there's supposed to be monthly reviews there.
Voice of Youth Advocates also has a column called "Graphically Speaking."

Kelly Benson
Adult Services Librarian
Three Rivers Public Library District
Channahon-Minooka, Illinois

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 3/22/02, 3:53 PM

It does look like a very useful link; I've bookmarked it. Only
top of the head suggestion I see is that one might add a link
for Bud Plant Comic Art, one of the largest and most reliable
mail order concerns:

http://www.budplant.com/

Graphic novels section of catalog starts at

http://www.budplant.com/level.itml/icOid/8134

Standard disclaimer: I have no financial interest in the
company, other than purchasing from them now and then.

I'd also recommend the SLINGS AND ARROWS COMIC GUIDE, which I've
been happily dipping in for the last couple of weeks (it does
include reviews of graphic novels as well as traditional comics;
while the book is published in England, almost all of the comics
and graphic novels they cover are US-based):

http://www.budplant.com/prod.itml/icOid/5089

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

At 05:36 PM 3/22/02 -0000, you wrote:
>Lucy, Lucy, Lucy! THANK YOU so much for this great information and
>link!!!!!!!!!!!! This will be very helpful in my own Graphic Novel
>research & ordering! I will soon show this to my supervisor, who will also
>be excited. Thanks a million! Julie A. Roberts
[removed]@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lucy Lockley [[removed]@mail.win.org]
>Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 10:02 PM
>To: Fiction_L
>Subject: Re: collection development
>
>
>Carrie (and any one else interested):
>
>The following address will take you to the list of handouts from the
>"Superheroes and Beyond: Why Comics and Graphic Novels Belong in Your
>Library" program from last Saturday at PLA:
>
>http://www.pla.org/conference/conf02/saturday.html#superheroes

<snip>

FROM: Lucy Lockley <[removed]@mail.win.org>
REC'D: 3/22/02, 4:15 PM

Kelly (and anyone else):

From your previous e-mail...

>Interestingly enough, there's a letter to editor in the March 15 LJ that
>mentions graphic novels. Anyone know the URL for Diamond's Bookshelf, it's
>not mentioned in the letter, there's supposed to be monthly reviews there.
>Voice of Youth Advocates also has a column called "Graphically Speaking."

The URL for Diamond's Bookshelf is listed below:

http://bookshelf.diamondcomics.com

For reviews click on the 'Reviews' book icon on the left side of the screen
and then click on the individual covers to see the information (including a
review link) given for each title shown. There is also a nice list of
terms (which compliments the glossary from the PLA program) under a
"Glossary' book icon.

Enjoy(!)

Lucy M. Lockley Phone: 636/441.2300, Ext. 1563
Collection Development Manager FAX: 636/441.3132
St. Charles City-County Library District
425 Spencer Road
P.O. Box 529 e-mail: [removed]@mail.win.org
St. Peters, MO 63376-0529 Library website: www.win.org/library

"Demons after money!?! Whatever happened to the still beating heart
of a virgin?! No one has ANY standards anymore!"
Giles, the Librarian ('Buffy, the Vampire Slayer')
___
| \
| \
[removed]@############]==========================================================>
\\ | /
\\ ____/ / Touche!
\________/

FROM: Andrew Smith <[removed]@mail.wrl.org>
REC'D: 3/26/02, 8:52 AM

In addition, and purely coincidentally, the Washington Post's Book World
ran a full-page article on graphic novels and collections of note. The
article can be accessed at:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A292-2002Mar21.html

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Andrew Smith [removed]@mail.wrl.org
Readers Services Librarian
Williamsburg Regional Library (757) 259-4050
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On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Lucy Lockley wrote:

>
> Kelly (and anyone else):
>
> From your previous e-mail...
>
> >Interestingly enough, there's a letter to editor in the March 15 LJ that
> >mentions graphic novels. Anyone know the URL for Diamond's Bookshelf, it's
> >not mentioned in the letter, there's supposed to be monthly reviews there.
> >Voice of Youth Advocates also has a column called "Graphically Speaking."
>
> The URL for Diamond's Bookshelf is listed below:
>
> http://bookshelf.diamondcomics.com
>
> For reviews click on the 'Reviews' book icon on the left side of the screen
> and then click on the individual covers to see the information (including a
> review link) given for each title shown. There is also a nice list of
> terms (which compliments the glossary from the PLA program) under a
> "Glossary' book icon.
>
> Enjoy(!)
>
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