Issues to Consider

Please discuss any or all of the following questions that seem pertinent to you.

Online Reviews can be valuable resources for:

Collection Development
For making recommendations to readers
For students to independently find graphic novels of interest
For defending challenged materials

1.) How do you presently locate reviews online?

2.) Which websites do you presently use? What are the features that attract you most?

3.) How much stock do you put in reviews by:

Academics?
Librarians?
Comic book fans?
Booksellers?

For selecting books?

For defending challenges?

4.) Which websites did you discover through this virtual seminar that you would use in the future? What do you find most valuable about them?

5.) Consider the following quotations and comment on how they would affect your purchasing of comics and graphic novels for your library. To see the quotations in their original context follow the links provided.

"Self-censorship
Actions by individuals and institutions that, anticipating challenges or state censorship, choose not to create or make available controversial works. School boards often lean so far toward "political correctness" that children are denied an appropriate range of literature and information." (Bernstein)
Found at: http://www.efc.ca/pages/chronicle/whattodo.html

The following excerpt is form the Canadian Library Association Statement on Intellectual Freedom:
"It is the responsibility of libraries to guarantee and facilitate access to all expressions of knowledge and intellectual activity, including those which some elements of society may consider to be unconventional, unpopular or unacceptable. To this end, libraries shall acquire and make available the widest variety of materials."
Found at: http://www.cla.ca/about/intfreed.htm

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Posted by Janice Biebrich		Posted Posted October 19/04