Common Issues and Uncommon Solutions to Cataloguing Comic Books in Libraries

Abstract

Comic books have gained popularity in recent years and as such libraries (academic or public) have been making efforts to maintain comic book collection to serve the patron needs. Since comic books are different than traditional resources in nature, cataloguing them have been a pain for most librarians. This paper aims to highlight the common issues faced by libraries in cataloguing comics because of a lack standardized metadata schema and explores a variety of solutions/projects proposed in effort to organize and maintain the collection in brief with the care it deserves.

Date
May 28, 2025 12:36 ADT — 12:37 ADT
Location
Rowe 1007 and Zoom