Building an Indian Comic Collection! A Presentation by: Mara Thacker.
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Building an Indian Comic Collection! Building an Indian Comic Collection!
A Presentation by: Mara Thacker
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Why Comics?
• Size of existing South Asia collection• Budgetary constraints• Opportunity for interlibrarycooperation• Rise of visual culture studies• Existing availability of materials in the US
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Making a Plan…
• Investigating other comic collections
• Discussions with vendors• Negotiating with the
Undergraduate Library
And ultimately…..
• Comic Con India!
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Procurement
• LC Circulars• DK Agencies• Comic Con India
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Aftermath
• Cataloging and processing• Outreach and marketing• Tipping point with vendors
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Next Steps
• Retrospective collecting• Adding languages and regions• Outreach and marketing• Assessment
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Cost/Benefit Analysis
• Uniqueness factor• Inter-library
cooperation – building relationships
• Research opportunities
• Fun
• Time-intensive• Requires specialized
knowledge for processing and cataloging
• Inter-library cooperation – time lags, communication
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Questions?Questions?