Content: Reading Advisory and Literature Promotion

Type: Webinar

Length: 1 hour

Level: Public/School Librarians

Organisers: Bibliotheca

Presenters: Iurgi Urrutia, Karen Dwarte, Moni Barrette, Georgette Kenney

Format: A one hour webinar

Reflection

Objectives: The purposes of this webinar were to inform information professionals, particularly librarians, about the value of comics and graphic novels. It talked about past perceptions of graphic novels and comics and past attitudes librarians have had towards them, and showed how they can be used to bring in a new audience, as well as talked about their value as tools for encouraging and promoting literacy amongst young people in public and school libraries.

Reasons for attending: I am very interested in and passionate about comic books, having read them for well over 15 years. My first exposure to manga was actually from my local public library, and when the opportunity came to attend a webinar by library professionals, aimed at library professionals, I thought it would be a valuable opportunity to be able to combine my passion for comics and an evidenced knowledge of how valuable they can be.

Relation to studies and learning outcomes: The webinar covered a lot of practical aspects of comics and graphic novels, with very real examples from the speakers. These examples showcased areas of project management, community engagement, and reading advisory, as well as promotion of literacy amongst young people.

Future Uses: The knowledge and examples of comics from this webinar were invaluable, and I will be using these to better expand the graphics novel collection at my current place of work. In fact some of the examples given I had never read before, such as an obscure manga named Sherlock Bones, but we happened to have a copy at our library, which gives me more graphic novels to recommend to the students without having to have read all of them in the world.

Evidence: Screenshot of Registration

Screenshot of Registration