Mayer, Shu
Shannan, Meredith. (2022, February 6). Ask the comics librarians: Small spaces. No Flying No Tights. https://noflyingnotights.com/blog/2022/02/06/ask-the-comics-librarians-small-spaces/
Summary:
In this article, two librarians discuss how important space is in libraries and how to most effectively display, collect for, weed, and curate small comic/graphic novel collections. They recommend shelving by book title and curating for the community rather than what is deemed 'popular' by recommended book lists. They also recommend being aggressive in weeding smaller collections since space is premium and promoting them more aggressively since less people may know it is present.
Evaluation:
Overall this is a good article for someone who is unsure where to start when setting up a new collection in a limited space. Or potentially, someone moving an existing small collection from being spread out across the library into one consolidated space. It is an article geared towards comic/graphic novel collections-- as the entire noflyingnotights website is specifically for librarians who need help with comic/graphic collections-- but the advice for smaller collections can be easily generalized.
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