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Sequential Art & Academic Library Instruction: Crafting a Toolbox of Multiple Literacies for Credit Courses
Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian
  • Rebecca M. Marrall, Western Washington University Libraries
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2016
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.

DOI
https://doi.org/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
Citation Information
Rebecca M. Marrall. "Sequential Art & Academic Library Instruction: Crafting a Toolbox of Multiple Literacies for Credit Courses" Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian Vol. 35 Iss. 1 (2016) p. 32 - 41
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rebecca_marrall/22/