[MinervaCats] Nonfiction Graphic adaptations

[dbuker@baxter-memorial.lib.me.us]

This absolutely fits the graphic novel except that it isn't fiction so  
it threw me.
Does it not matter that a "Graphic Novel" is a work of nonfiction?  Is  
it still correct to call it a graphic novel?

Deb

Deborah Buker
Technical Services Librarian
Baxter Memorial Library
71 South Street
Gorham ME 04038
207-839-5031
dbuker at baxter-memorial.lib.me.us


Quoting "Katherine R. Morgan " <norcat at norway.lib.me.us>:

> Here is the definition for graphic novels and comic books. It was from
> January 2009 CUG meeting.(found it on Ellen's MinervaCats blog).
>
> Graphic novel has beginning and end, and is illustrated in comic book
> fashion, but is graphically telling a story. Use "h" for the material
> type.
>
> Comic book does not tell a story, it is a collection of comics like
> Garfield and is not a graphic novel. Use material type "a" for comic
> books.
>
>
> hope this helps with your cataloging issue
> Katherine
>
> Quoting Corinne Henning-Sachs <chenningsachs at westbrook.me.us>:
>
>> "Graphic Novel" is, to my understanding, a term of art that covers
>> both fiction and non-fiction. I realize that this is imprecise, but
>> I'm not sure we're doing our patrons a service by parsing this item
>> type any further. In fact, many, if not most, libraries don't even
>> give them a Dewey.
>>
>> This may be a case where usage trumps formal rules.
>>
>>
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>> Hi All,
>>
>> apl  , hob  , cmlj , gpl  , jml  , tck  , lpl  , lit  , mca  , opl  ,
>> pfl  , pit  , ric  , rkd  , ski  , sos  , soh  , sjc  , wlkj , war  ,
>> wpl  , wit  , tcy  , ypl , sca
>>
>> I have a copy of The 9/11 report : A graphic adaptation by Sid
>> Jacobsen and Ernie Colón  [with a foreword by Thomas H. Kean and Lee
>> H. Hamilton] ISBN 9780809057382, on b23348549.
>>
>> The bib is showing a material type of h-Graphic Novel and the subject
>> headings are all |vComic books, strips, etc.
>>
>> Our children's librarian pointed out to me that this is not a graphic
>> novel as it is a graphic adaptation of a work of nonfiction "based on
>> the final report of the final report of the National Commission on
>> Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States"-from cover.  It seems that
>> it is not a novel in any form so it appears that Graphic Novel is out
>> if we stay clear of "novel" in the Graphic Novel format.  It's graphic
>> but not a novel.
>>
>> It does not seem to fit the definition of a comic book- A magazine of
>> comic strips-World Book Encyclopedia Dictionary ; A magazine
>> containing sequences of comic strips ?usually hyphenated in
>> attributive use-Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.  It then seems that
>> the subject headings |vComic books, strips, etc. don't really fit
>> either.
>>
>> So, I found a new bib at loc and brought it in b26833414 if anyone
>> would like to join me or challenge me for that matter.  I'm open to
>> discussion.
>>
>>
>> Deb
>>
>> Deborah Buker
>> Technical Services Librarian
>> Baxter Memorial Library
>> 71 South Street
>> Gorham ME 04038
>> 207-839-5031
>> dbuker at baxter-memorial.lib.me.us
>>
>>
>>
>>
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> Katherine R. Morgan
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> Norway Memorial Library
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