[MinervaCats] Nonfiction Graphic adaptations

Thu Feb 19 12:47:27 EST 2009

Hi Deb,

The term "graphic novel" can be somewhat misleading. The following is a  
quote from Bonnie Collins' guidelines on cataloging graphic novels:

"Subject headings (MARC 6XX fields)

Subject headings for both content and format should be added to graphic  
novel bib records. Two headings should be used consistently.
1. Graphic novels – The MARC tag is 650 because the heading “Graphic  
novels” denotes a format not a genre."

(you can find the rest of the guidelines on the MinervaCats Blog).

In other words, "graphic novel" is used to refer to both fiction and  
nonfiction materials in a specific format. It is not a genre, such as  
historical fiction, or comic books, etc. If you look at the authority  
record in the Minerva database for graphic novel, you will see that the  
term "graphic nonfiction" is used as a "see from".

I hope this helps!
Thanks,
Ellen

http://laureltarulli.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cataloguing-graphic-novels-and-graphic-non-fiction-part-i/

On Feb 19, 2009 11:47am, dbuker at baxter-memorial.lib.me.us wrote:
> This absolutely fits the graphic novel except that it isn't fiction so
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> Quoting "Katherine R. Morgan " norcat at norway.lib.me.us>:
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> >> apl , hob , cmlj , gpl , jml , tck , lpl , lit , mca , opl ,
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> >> I have a copy of The 9/11 report : A graphic adaptation by Sid
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> >> Jacobsen and Ernie Colón [with a foreword by Thomas H. Kean and Lee
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> >> The bib is showing a material type of h-Graphic Novel and the subject
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> >> Our children's librarian pointed out to me that this is not a graphic
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> >> novel as it is a graphic adaptation of a work of nonfiction "based on
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> >> So, I found a new bib at loc and brought it in b26833414 if anyone
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