Course Information
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Credits | 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs |
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Registration dates | We accept registrations through the first week of classes, unless enrollment is full, and unless the class was canceled before it started due to low enrollment. |
$200.00
Credits: 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs
This course will be an exploration of graphic literature in libraries. It will look at the history, aesthetics and narrative techniques of graphic literature as well as pragmatic issues of collection development, programming, and dealing with material challenges. We will explore superhero comics, art comics, manga, graphic nonfiction, and European/Belgian comics as well as the history of the form from EC, golden age, silver age, underground, and modern age graphic literature. Whether you are an experienced library comics geek or are new to the form or field this course will offer you some new ideas and perspective.
Session |
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Credits | 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs |
---|---|
Registration dates | We accept registrations through the first week of classes, unless enrollment is full, and unless the class was canceled before it started due to low enrollment. |
This course will be an exploration of graphic literature in libraries. It will look at the history, aesthetics and narrative techniques of graphic literature as well as pragmatic issues of collection development, programming, and dealing with material challenges. We will explore superhero comics, art comics, manga, graphic nonfiction, and European/Belgian comics as well as the history of the form from EC, golden age, silver age, underground, and modern age graphic literature. Whether you are an experienced library comics geek or are new to the form or field this course will offer you some new ideas and perspective.
Objectives – at the conclusion of the course students will:
Christian Zabriskie is the Executive Director of the Onondaga County Public Libraries and the Founder and Executive Director of Urban Librarians Unite. He has worked in urban public libraries for nearly twenty years and has been a circ supervisor, children’s librarian, YA librarian, reference librarian, cataloger, and administrator. He speaks, writes, and teaches in a variety of areas of librarianship including graphic novels in libraries, library advocacy, grant writing, library service to at risk communities, and library service to unaccompanied minors.
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