![]() This is incredibly helpful for characters with tons of different series. For shelving, I have my students look up the books in our library catalog and shelve them not only in series order, but in publication date order. In the catalog for the examples above, I will put “Avengers (‘18) #01" as the series title for the first example, and "Black Widow ('14) #01" for the second example. I often find this in Goodreads or on the Verso of the comicbook. So, series about Batman get the call number "CB BAT." Teams like The Avengers get "CB AVE." Certain other comics that aren't about recognizable teams or heroes will go in order by author - The Avant-Guards are shelved under "CB USD," Monstress is "CB LIU."Īnother thing I use to make shelving and reading easier is the publication year for Issue #1. When I went about reorganizing and rethinking how to shelve comicbooks, it became obvious that we needed to shelve by character or team when they were recognizable to students. One thing that is always frustrating for my students (and anyone helping them find books) is how often a series switches creators in the middle of it. Shelving manga by the name of the series means most readers can find “My Hero” without having to look up that it’s written by Kohei Horikoshi. ![]() The hardcore manga readers may remember who the mangakas are, but most readers will walk into your library knowing a series title their friend recommended, or from watching anime. Very rarely do I have students come in and ask for works by a certain mangaka. Shelving by series title instead of mangaka is also slightly controversial, but I came to the conclusion after having innumerable students come in and ask where titles were located. Having Western Comics next to our manga doesn’t necessarily mean we’re going to pick it up. I obviously don’t speak for the entire group, but a lot of us manga readers are fueled by a fascination for Japanese culture, or a love of the anime-counterpart. Manga readers have a different motivation for their reading and selecting of materials. Prose novel readers more often make the jump to graphic novels than manga readers do. Will the other graphic novels get as much exposure? In my experience as a reader and a librarian, manga readers are not the ones you are going to hook into graphic novels. Separating Manga is a controversial move because it is so heavily circulated. for chatting repeatedly with me about the best scheme to use to reorganize this whole section. Special thanks to Emily R., Megan T., and Chris D. Read on to find out what I’ve done and some tips on how to implement this in your library. Now, I have four different sections: Manga, Comicbooks, Graphic Fiction, and Graphic Nonfiction. All manga were shelved together alphabetically by mangaka (manga creator) all comicbooks were shelved together alphabetically by author all graphic novels were shelved together alphabetically by author. Here was my old shelving system: All graphic novels were pulled out of regular Dewey order, but still maintained a 741.5 label on the spine. ![]() Comicbooks are a bit taller, so depending on your shelving, you mind need a little more room here. Manga tends to be much shorter than most books, so you can usually fit another shelf in this section. ![]() Shelving graphic novel together by format instead of shelving all graphic novels intermixed means you'll have similar format sizes all together, and can adjust shelving. They all say that it has been easier to find what they want to read, and I don't even have signage out yet to explain how things are shelved!Īnother reason to redesign your shelving system is to maximize shelving. I recently did an overhaul of my shelving system in my graphic novel area, and the results have been positively received by my students. One (good) problem of a growing graphic novel section is how to shelve all the wonderful titles so that students and patrons may easily find them.
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