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Contents Preface Chapter 1. Why Graphic Novels Now? Modern Readers, Modern Libraries Chapter 2. What's the Right Word for a Book That Looks Like This?: Definitions Chapter 3. What's Good? Finding Reviews and Developing Collections Chapter 4. How Can I Deal with Pigeons from Hell? Maintaining Graphic Novel Collections Chapter 5. Can Readers Find Your Library's Graphic Novels? Classification and Descriptive Cataloging Chapter 6. How Does the Collection Find New Readers? Marketing and Promotion Chapter 7. How Can You Put Legs on Your Graphic Novels? Creating Programs to Get the Collection Up and Walking Chapter 8. The Politics of Graphic Novels Appendices: A. Resources B. Selected Graphic Novels By Category C. Collection Development Policies
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Libraries -- Special collections -- Graphic novels.
Graphic novels -- United States.