[MinervaCats] Nonfiction Graphic adaptations

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

Thank you!
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 econway54 at gmail.com:

> Hi Deb,
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> The term "graphic novel" can be somewhat misleading. The following is a
>  quote from Bonnie Collins' guidelines on cataloging graphic novels:
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> "Subject headings (MARC 6XX fields)
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> 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."
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> (you can find the rest of the guidelines on the MinervaCats Blog).
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> 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".
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> I hope this helps!
> Thanks,
> Ellen
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> http://laureltarulli.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cataloguing-graphic-novels-and-graphic-non-fiction-part-i/
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> 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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>> Does it not matter that a "Graphic Novel" is a work of nonfiction? Is
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>> Deb
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>> Deborah Buker
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>> Technical Services Librarian
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>> Baxter Memorial Library
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>> Gorham ME 04038
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>> dbuker at baxter-memorial.lib.me.us
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>> Quoting "Katherine R. Morgan " norcat at norway.lib.me.us>:
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>>> Here is the definition for graphic novels and comic books. It was from
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>>> January 2009 CUG meeting.(found it on Ellen's MinervaCats blog).
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>>> Graphic novel has beginning and end, and is illustrated in comic book
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>>> Comic book does not tell a story, it is a collection of comics like
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>>> Garfield and is not a graphic novel. Use material type "a" for comic
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>>> hope this helps with your cataloging issue
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>>> Katherine
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>>> Quoting Corinne Henning-Sachs chenningsachs at westbrook.me.us>:
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>>>> "Graphic Novel" is, to my understanding, a term of art that covers
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>>>> both fiction and non-fiction. I realize that this is imprecise, but
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>>>> I'm not sure we're doing our patrons a service by parsing this item
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>>>> type any further. In fact, many, if not most, libraries don't even
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>>>> This may be a case where usage trumps formal rules.
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>>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>>> From: minervacats-bounces at informe.org
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>>>> [mailto:minervacats-bounces at informe.org] On Behalf Of
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>>>> dbuker at baxter-memorial.lib.me.us
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>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 10:43 AM
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>>>> To: minervacats at lists.maine.gov
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>>>> Subject: [MinervaCats] Nonfiction Graphic adaptations
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>>>> Hi All,
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>>>> apl , hob , cmlj , gpl , jml , tck , lpl , lit , mca , opl ,
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>>>> pfl , pit , ric , rkd , ski , sos , soh , sjc , wlkj , war ,
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>>>> wpl , wit , tcy , ypl , sca
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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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>>>> H. Hamilton] ISBN 9780809057382, on b23348549.
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>>>> The bib is showing a material type of h-Graphic Novel and the subject
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>>>> headings are all |vComic books, strips, etc.
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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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>>>> the final report of the final report of the National Commission on
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>>>> Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States"-from cover. It seems that
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>>>> it is not a novel in any form so it appears that Graphic Novel is out
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>>>> if we stay clear of "novel" in the Graphic Novel format. It's graphic
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>>>> It does not seem to fit the definition of a comic book- A magazine of
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>>>> comic strips-World Book Encyclopedia Dictionary ; A magazine
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>>>> containing sequences of comic strips ?usually hyphenated in
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>>>> attributive use-Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. It then seems that
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>>>> the subject headings |vComic books, strips, etc. don't really fit
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>>>> So, I found a new bib at loc and brought it in b26833414 if anyone
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>>>> would like to join me or challenge me for that matter. I'm open to
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>>>> Deb
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>>>> Deborah Buker
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>>>> Technical Services Librarian
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>>>> Baxter Memorial Library
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>>>> 71 South Street
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>>>> Gorham ME 04038
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>>>> 207-839-5031
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>>>> dbuker at baxter-memorial.lib.me.us
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