Jack Baur, Berkeley Public Library Amanda Jacobs Foust, Marin County Free Library Developed for BAYA May 17 th, 2012 Buena Vista Library May 17, 2012

May 17th, 2012 Amanda Jacobs Foust

May 17th, 2012 Jack Baur Teen Librarian, Berkeley Pubic Library Reviewer, No Flying No Tights President, BAYA Long-time Nerd

May 17th, 2012 What About Manga?! DeathNote by Takeshi ObataFruits Basket by Natsukio Takaya

May 17th, 2012 Comics Are... …created by an alchemy of Text and Image Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud

May 17th, 2012 Superheroes and Genre Ghettos It’s a Bird…, Teddy Kristiansen

May 17th, 2012 Pick the Graphic Novel! Sandman #19 24 pages Winner of the World Fantasy Award Dream Country Collects Sandman # pages Absolute Sandman v.1 Collects Sandman #1-20, plus extras 612 pages

May 17th, 2012 What’s in a Name? Graphic novels… comic books… graphica… “sequential art”… comix… manga… Astonishing X-Men, John Cassaday

May 17th, 2012 Comics in Libraries Today Brand New ALA IG! Acceptance of GN Collections in Teen, Children’s, and Adult Lots of comics being published, but there is a danger of becoming a trend. Sandman, Kevin Nowlan

May 17th, 2012 Why Comics? Comics ARE reading! Visual Literacy Circulation A Wrinkle in Time, Hope Larson

Who Reads Comics? May 17th, 2012 Smile, Raina Telgemeier

Comics and Reluctant Readers May 17th, 2012 The Incredible Hulk, Marie Severin

Who is Publishing Comics? May 17th,

Problems: Cataloging May 17th,

Problems: Organization May 17th, 2012

Problems: Damage May 17th, 2012

Problems: Uncooperative Staff May 17th, 2012 Bookhunter, Jason Shiga

Problems: Theft May 17th, 2012 Catwoman, Darwyn Cooke

Problems: Challenges May 17th, 2012 Usagi Yojimbo, Stan Sakai

Problems: Ratings May 17th, 2012 Crime Suspenstories, Johnny CraigThe Spirit, Will Eisner

Top Ten Teen Graphic Novels* May 17th, Naruto 35 Circs Walking Dead 17 Circs 2Black Jack. 26 Circs One Piece 17 Circs 3Fruits basket 20 Circs The Punisher: Born 16 Circs 4Bleach 18 Circs Naruto 15 Circs 5Bone 18 Circs Scott Pilgrim 15 Circs 6Fullmetal alchemist 18 Circs Circs 7Gakuen Alice 17 Circs Kick-Ass 14 Circs 8Ranma 1/2. 17 Circs Batman R.I.P. 14 Circs 9Psycho busters 17 Circs Final Crisis 13 Circs 10 X/ Circs Siege: Dark Avengers13 Circs *September 2011 Marin CountyBerkeley

Selection: Using Custom Carts May 17th, 2012

Selection: Using Standing Orders May 17th, 2012

Selection: Collection Management May 17th, 2012

Selection: Online Sources May 17th, 2012

Selection: Get your hands dirty! May 17th, 2012

Selection: Print Sources May 17th, 2012

Your Greatest Ally May 17th, 2012

Digital Comics May 17th, 2012

Must Have Apps May 17th, 2012

iVerse May 17th, 2012

Programming and Outreach May 17th, 2012 Free Comic Book Day Comics Book Group Comics Creation/Remix Projects

Yay, we did it! May 17th, 2012 Jack Baur Amanda Jacobs Foust

Check out CLA & BAYA! May 17th, 2012 Bay Area Young Adult Librarians is an organization for teen services librarians from public and school libraries. BAYA: The California Library Association, provides networking, professional development, legislative advocacy, timely communications and leadership opportunities for all library employees, supporters and advocates and offers memberships levels on a sliding scale based on annual salary. Save the Date! CLA Annual Conference San Jose, CA November 2-4, 2012

Resources May 17th, 2012 Book Clubs in a Box Cooperative Children’s Book Center Comic Book Project Comic Shop Locator Early Word Newsletter (Robin Brenner’s Go Graphic! Column) GN4LIB-L Graphic Novels in Libraries Listserv (Yahoo Groups) Graphic Novel Cataloging Graphic Novel Reporter More than just funny books: Comics and prose literacy for boys No Flying, No Tights YALSA’s Great Graphic Novels for Teens