The Graphic Novel Gap: Collection Strength and School Librarian Understandings of Graphic Novel Benefits

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  • February 28, 2019
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  • Stivers, Julie
    • Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
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  • Educators and researchers advocate for including graphic novels in both the school library and curriculum, as a wide range of literacy benefits have been identified for both specific groups of youth-and students as a whole. Despite this professional advice however, school librarians differ in the extent and manner in which they collect and promote these materials. This research examined school librarian attitudes, behaviors, and collection habits regarding graphic novels to better understand the reasoning behind collection choices and how these factors were affected by librarians' knowledge of graphic novel benefits. Interview data and collection analyses comparing libraries with study-specified strong and weak collections showed that expressed belief in the importance of graphic novels did not always translate into accompanying levels of use. Those libraries with the strongest collections, however, promoted the format heavily in their own libraries and advocated graphic novel use throughout their schools.
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  • Hughes-Hassell, Sandra
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  • Master of Science in Library Science
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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