Super exciting opportunity shared at #FanLIS2025, the British Library and the University of Glasgow are sponsoring a PhD student to explore the publication, collection and preservation activities of online fan communities and fan archives. Great topic at a great university!
I’m attending the #FanLIS2025 Symposium today and will be live-blogging!
There’s so much info in this manga session that I can’t really keep up with live-blogging! #aisl25
Next up at #aisl25, Building Manga Collections Students Will Love with Suzie Bergstrom.
Deborah works as a trainer for Teaching Books, which includes a Book Resume for each title that librarians can use to justify inclusion of books in their collection, especially helpful responding to book challenges. #aisl25
Deborah suggests pairing informational texts with graphic novels. For example, kids who love Ben Clanton’s Narwhal and Jelly series might be interested in Candace Fleming’s Narwhal: Unicorn of the Arctic. #aisl25
Prolific author Kate DiCamillo’s Orris and Timble series has a new book coming soon. #aisl25
Deborah says there is a trend of middle grade books with parents/adults having mental illness and kids having to keep secrets to keep siblings together. #aisl25
Deborah shares 2 books about whale falls, providing an environment for an ecosystem after a whale dies. These could be good for lateral reading, having students read one and then the other. [Life After Whale] (https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=94746) and Whale Fall. #aisl25
Looking at highly awarded, favorite authors and illustrators, variety of genres, cultural representation, and fan favorites. #aisl25