Building an Indian Comic Collection! Building an Indian Comic Collection!

A Presentation by: Mara Thacker

Why Comics?

• Size of existing South Asia collection• Budgetary constraints• Opportunity for interlibrarycooperation• Rise of visual culture studies• Existing availability of materials in the US

Making a Plan…

• Investigating other comic collections

• Discussions with vendors• Negotiating with the

Undergraduate Library

And ultimately…..

• Comic Con India!

Procurement

• LC Circulars• DK Agencies• Comic Con India

Aftermath

• Cataloging and processing• Outreach and marketing• Tipping point with vendors

Next Steps

• Retrospective collecting• Adding languages and regions• Outreach and marketing• Assessment

Cost/Benefit Analysis

• Uniqueness factor• Inter-library

cooperation – building relationships

• Research opportunities

• Fun

• Time-intensive• Requires specialized

knowledge for processing and cataloging

• Inter-library cooperation – time lags, communication

Questions?Questions?