[Publib] Re: Publib Digest, Vol 16, Issue 23

[Karen Hopkins - CONV]

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a 
summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds 
float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
- Sir John Lubbock, 1834 - 1913

Karen Hopkins, Director
Converse County Library
300 Walnut St.
Douglas, WY 82633
Phone: (307)358-3644
Fax: (307) 358-6743


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Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 12:44:26 -0500

From: "Priscilla E. Emrich" <priscillaemrich at murphymemlib.org>

Subject: [Publib] Graphic novels

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We have a customer objecting to a graphic novel in the YA collection.  My

city manager has asked me to check to see whether other small public

libraries in rural areas have graphic novel collections, where they are

shelved, and which libraries have had objections filed.  Please excuse any

cross-posting.



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Priscilla E. Emrich

Murphy Memorial Library

601 West Church Street

Livingston, TX 77351

priscillaemrich at murphymemlib.org



We are a small rural library with a city population of about 5500 and a 
county population of around 12000. We have graphic novels in both the main 
library and the branch. We divide the GNs into juvenile, YA, and adult 
depending on content. Each is housed in that collection. We were warned 
before we started the collections to expect complaints and made sure our 
policies were in place to address them. I have a complaint on my desk right 
now regarding an adult GN. Upon checking it is marked accordingly, has a 
parental warning advisory label, and is housed in the correct location, so I 
plan on taking no further action unless the patron wants to file a written 
complaint. Increased circulation stats and growth in teen department usage 
more than offset one complaint to date. We had the collection about 3 years.
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