Manga in Libraries: an Introduction
Thursday, February 20
11:00am
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This session will NOT be recorded.
Join us for an hour-long introduction to and overview of manga in libraries: what it is, why it matters, and how to develop a solid collection.
Jillian Rudes, author of “Manga in Libraries” and school librarian, will walk participants through manga readerships, genre, publishers, and age ratings. She’ll cover why manga is important: for patrons, entertainment, visual and textual literacy, social-emotional development, and building cultural literacy. Lastly, she’ll cover a basic understanding of manga collection development, resources to use, books to purchase, shelving and displays, reader’s advisory, and digital content.
From building teen engagement at your library to creating a collection that acknowledges manga as one of the fastest growing segments of book readership in the US, this webinar will help you initiate or strengthen your manga knowledge and offerings.
Read a sample of Jillian Rudes’ book, “Manga in Libraries,” published by ALA Editions, at https://alastore.ala.org/manga.
Bio: Jillian Rudes is the founder of Manga in Libraries, an organization which provides manga readers’ advisory lists and hosts manga webinars, workshops, and panels. She is also a New York State dually certified English teacher and school librarian. She currently serves as the school librarian at a grade 6–12 public school in New York City. In 2020, she received the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Collaborative School Library Award and the American Library Association’s (ALA) Scholastic Library Publishing Award in 2022. She was deemed the “Manga Maven” by Library Journal and was selected as a Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2022. Jillian was a judge for the 2024 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards and is the current recipient of an IMLS research grant focusing on “Teenage BIPOC Readers of Manga”.
Participants may request a certificate of attendance for one contact hour following the event. Presented by Empire State Library Network, and free to all. Registration is required. Questions? Contact Amy Dickinson at amy@nnyln.org.