Last Modified

• February 28, 2019

Creator

• Raab, Alison A.
  • Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science

Abstract

• My research argues that manga, or Japanese comics, is a primary cultural artifact of modern Japan, and as such, must be a part of academic-library collections serving researchers of modern Japan. The primary goal of this research is to create a collection development resource for librarians by: introducing the format and history of manga, focusing on the diversification of manga that occurred in postwar (post World-War-II) Japan; articulating manga collection development strategies of active Japanese studies bibliographers in the United States; and providing a bibliography of secondary materials useful for academic librarians. I identify two important and complementary collection development strategies - a comprehensive approach aimed at creating a repository for current and future research needs, and a focused approach concerned with the needs of the library's immediate research community. Both are committed to creating research-oriented collections, and provide models for other academic librarians collecting manga.

Date of publication

• November 2005

Subject

• Comic books, strips, etc.--Japan
• Comic books, strips, etc.--Japan--Collection development
• Best Masters Papers Awarded 2006
• College and university libraries--Special collections--Collection development--Deans Achievement Award
• Comic books, strips, etc.--Japan--Bibliography

DOI

• https://doi.org/10.17615/ydge-qy28

Resource type

• Masters Paper

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Advisor

• Carr, David W.

Degree granting institution

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language

• English

Extent

• 59 p.

Access

• Open access

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