Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2016

Keywords

Sequential art, information literacy, media literacy, visual literacy, diversity, credit instruction

Abstract

Sequential art is a unique storytelling medium that combines visuals and content in a deliberate, specific delivery in order to engage audiences on emotional and cognitive levels. Consequently, graphic novels, comics, and comix are a rich educational medium for undergraduate credit instruction in academic libraries, precisely because this alternative delivery of content can effectively educate many learning styles. This article documents the development and implementation of an undergraduate, upper-division credit-bearing course in an academic library that examined multiple types of literacy through the medium, with commentary on instructional strategies for other academic librarians and professors.

Publication Title

Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian

Volume

35

Issue

1

First Page

32

Last Page

41

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/01639269.2016.1135026

Required Publisher's Statement

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian on February 25, 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01639269.2016.1135026


Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Library orientation for college students; Academic libraries; Library science

Genre/Form

articles

Type

Text

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

Download

Share

COinS