Comic books, special collections, and the academic library / edited by Brian Flota and Kate Morris.

Collects best practices for the acquisition, preservation, storage, and cataloging of comics, particularly single-issue (or floppy) comics, within the special collections units of academic library collections.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors:	Flota, Brian, 1975- (Editor), Morris, Kate, 1982- (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago, IL : Association of College & Research Libraries, [2023]
Subjects:	Comic books, strips, etc. Acquisitions (Libraries) Library materials > Conservation and restoration. Cataloging of special collections in libraries.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Collecting comics
Chapter 2. The Scarcity of Comic Books in American Research Libraries
Chapter 3. Digital Comics and Critical Librarianship:
Chapter 4. Creating an Entry Point for Minicomics in an Academic Library
Chapter 5. "It's the Most Revolutionary Text There Is":1
Chapter 6. "More Deadly Than the Atom Bomb!":
Chapter 7. The Silent Voice of the Australian Comic Book:
Chapter 8. Bibliography, Print Culture, and What to Do with Comic Books in a Rare Books Library
Chapter 9. The Alain Van Passen Collection
Chapter 10. Processing Legacy Comic Book Collections in a Special Collections Library
Chapter 11. Across the Panels:
Chapter 12. Unexpected Wins:
Chapter 13. Rescuing and Cataloging Comic Books in the Newspaper Library of Mexico
Chapter 14. Surveying Three Approaches for Cataloging Comic Books Collections
Chapter 15. Mining the Silver Age:
Chapter 16. From Obscurity to Relatability:
Chapter 17. What About Crowdfunded Comics?
Chapter 18. The Whole Picture:
Chapter 19. The Art of Propaganda:
Chapter 20. Holy Heroes!
About the Authors.

Comic books, special collections, and the academic library / edited by Brian Flota and Kate Morris.

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