Library Cataloging
The Dewey folks are still considering classifications for comics. Still time to make your voice heard. Notice at the end of the announcement is that there will soon be a Dewey weblog.
Classification
- Comics And Google
The Google Chrome comic is by Scott McCloud. Google was wise to choose him since he is a master of the nonfiction sequencial graphic format. His ground breaking work was using a comic to describe comics, Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art...
- Will Eisner
Will Eisner has passed away. During his life he was responsible for much of the art in sequential art (comic books). Aside from creating some outstanding examples in the genre, he also thought and wrote important works on the subject. Comics & Sequential...
- Dewey
The draft schedule 741.5 Cartoons, caricatures, comics, graphic novels, fotonovelas is now available on the Dewey web site. Interested libraries are invited to test all or parts of the draft schedule and send comments before the schedule is finally approved...
- Dewey
A supplement to the original Graphic Novels in DDC: Discussion Paper has been posted to the Dewey web site. The supplement poses additional questions about two points raised in the original discussion paper.Is subarranging by country of original publication...
- Dewey Classification
Graphic Novels in DDC: Discussion Paper is now available for comment.After preliminary discussions and inquiries, the Dewey editors have reached some tentative conclusions about how to improve treatment of graphic novels in the Dewey Decimal Classification...
Library Cataloging
More on 741.5 Cartoons, caricatures, comics, graphic novels, fotonovelas
The Dewey folks are still considering classifications for comics. Still time to make your voice heard. Notice at the end of the announcement is that there will soon be a Dewey weblog.
Although we continue pondering what development would be best, the time has come to make a decision and adopt a new schedule. We plan to prepare a draft schedule for consideration by the Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee (EPC) at its October 2005 meeting, to be mailed to EPC September 6, 2005.Comics
The primary topic of this report is the responses to our most recent proposal, to divide cartoons, caricatures, comics, graphic novels, fotonovelas into two categories: (A) graphic works with narratives longer than jokes or anecdotes and (B) graphic works with no narrative or extremely short narratives. Of the 19 respondents who addressed this proposal, 7 favored it, 10 opposed it, and 2 gave mixed responses. Some respondents felt that dividing comic strips into two categories based on length of narrative would be too difficult for catalogers to do consistently. Some felt that it would not be difficult. Some felt that it would be difficult, but could be managed, and the results would benefit users. Some felt that dividing comic strips into two categories would be confusing to users and not benefit them at all. Some argued that it would be most beneficial for the user to arrange all comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels, regardless of length of narrative, by some combination of series, hero, or author. (That last suggestion could be implemented only by alphabetic arrangement. Alphabetic arrangement is always available as a local option: libraries may truncate Dewey numbers at an appropriate place and arrange alphabetically according to their needs.) We are giving a link to an extended selection of the responses (ResponsesCategories).
We are leaning against dividing 741.5 material into two categories, and leaning toward our original proposal, to treat everything from single-frame caricatures to three-frame newspaper comic strips to comic books to graphic novels all in the same way. We are still open, however, to comments and suggestions.
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We invite you to read the sample responses and to send comments and suggestions by August 19, 2005. We recommend that you join in a discussion via the Dewey Blog, which will be launched July 1, 2005.
Classification
- Comics And Google
The Google Chrome comic is by Scott McCloud. Google was wise to choose him since he is a master of the nonfiction sequencial graphic format. His ground breaking work was using a comic to describe comics, Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art...
- Will Eisner
Will Eisner has passed away. During his life he was responsible for much of the art in sequential art (comic books). Aside from creating some outstanding examples in the genre, he also thought and wrote important works on the subject. Comics & Sequential...
- Dewey
The draft schedule 741.5 Cartoons, caricatures, comics, graphic novels, fotonovelas is now available on the Dewey web site. Interested libraries are invited to test all or parts of the draft schedule and send comments before the schedule is finally approved...
- Dewey
A supplement to the original Graphic Novels in DDC: Discussion Paper has been posted to the Dewey web site. The supplement poses additional questions about two points raised in the original discussion paper.Is subarranging by country of original publication...
- Dewey Classification
Graphic Novels in DDC: Discussion Paper is now available for comment.After preliminary discussions and inquiries, the Dewey editors have reached some tentative conclusions about how to improve treatment of graphic novels in the Dewey Decimal Classification...