building an indian comic collection! a presentation by: mara thacker
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Making a Plan… Investigating other comic collections Discussions with vendors Negotiating with the Undergraduate Library And ultimately….. Comic Con India!TRANSCRIPT
Building an Indian Comic Collection! Building an Indian Comic Collection!
A Presentation by: Mara Thacker
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
Making a Plan…
• Investigating other comic collections
• Discussions with vendors• Negotiating with the
Undergraduate Library
And ultimately…..
• Comic Con India!
Procurement
• LC Circulars• DK Agencies• Comic Con India
Aftermath
• Cataloging and processing• Outreach and marketing• Tipping point with vendors
Next Steps
• Retrospective collecting• Adding languages and regions• Outreach and marketing• Assessment
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
Questions?Questions?