To the instruction cave, librarian!: Graphic novels and information literacy

Authors

Steven Hoover, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Postprint

Publication Date

2009

Publication Title

Library Orientation Series

Publisher

LOEX Clearinghouse for Library Instruction

Volume

42

Abstract

Information literacy librarians have been known to troll the waters of popular culture for phenomena that are capable of teaching information literacy skills and simultaneously engaging student interest. For these librarians, graphic novels have reached a point where they are too big to ignore.

Keywords

Comics; Graphic narrative; Graphic novels; Graphic narrative; Information literacy; Librarians

Disciplines

English Language and Literature | Graphic Communications | Library and Information Science

Language

English

Comments

Paper presented at 37th LOEX Annual Conference 2009, April 30- May 2, 2009 Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Repository Citation

Hoover, S. (2009). To the instruction cave, librarian!: Graphic novels and information literacy. Library Orientation Series, 42 LOEX Clearinghouse for Library Instruction.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/lib_articles/109