1. Building an Indian Comic Collection! A Presentation by: Mara Thacker

2. Why Comics? Size of existing South Asia collection Budgetary constraints Opportunity for interlibrarycooperation Rise of visual culture studies Existing availability of materials in the US

3. Making a Plan… Investigating other comic collections Discussions with vendors Negotiating with the Undergraduate Library And ultimately….. Comic Con India!

4. Procurement LC Circulars DK Agencies Comic Con India

5. Aftermath Cataloging and processing Outreach and marketing Tipping point with vendors

6. Next Steps Retrospective collecting Adding languages and regions Outreach and marketing Assessment

7. Cost/Benefit Analysis Uniqueness factor Inter-library cooperation – building relationships Research opportunities Fun Time-intensive Requires specialized knowledge for processing and cataloging Inter-library cooperation – time lags, communication

8. Questions?