Researching graphic novels and their teenage readers

Graphic novels are becoming more prevalent and popular among teenagers and are thus being collected by public and school libraries. This situation contributed to the doctoral researcher’s desire to investigate graphic novel collections in public libraries in Australia, what teenagers think of graphi...

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Main Author: Snowball, Clare
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1526322021-09-15T20:10:22Z Researching graphic novels and their teenage readers Snowball, Clare Library and information science Graphic novels are becoming more prevalent and popular among teenagers and are thus being collected by public and school libraries. This situation contributed to the doctoral researcher’s desire to investigate graphic novel collections in public libraries in Australia, what teenagers think of graphic novels and whether they read them. This paper discusses the three research methods of the project. One method, the survey of public libraries, has been completed, and some preliminary results of the survey are examined. Published version 2021-09-13T06:40:59Z 2021-09-13T06:40:59Z 2007 Journal Article Snowball, C. (2007). Researching graphic novels and their teenage readers. Library and Information Science Research E-Journal, 17(1), 1-20. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LIBRES.2007.1.2 1058-6768 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152632 10.32655/LIBRES.2007.1.2 1 17 1 20 en Library and Information Science Research E-Journal © 2007 Clare Snowball. All rights reserved. application/pdf
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Researching graphic novels and their teenage readers
description Graphic novels are becoming more prevalent and popular among teenagers and are thus being collected by public and school libraries. This situation contributed to the doctoral researcher’s desire to investigate graphic novel collections in public libraries in Australia, what teenagers think of graphic novels and whether they read them. This paper discusses the three research methods of the project. One method, the survey of public libraries, has been completed, and some preliminary results of the survey are examined.
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