<div dir="ltr"><div>Our GACME Club (Graphic, Anime, Comic, and Manga Enthusiasts) is in its 12th year. A few things we've learned/done over the years:</div><div><ul><li>Although I maintain the GRA collection in the LMC, the lead adviser is now one of the math teachers who's REALLY into manga himself. (I'll admit I was burned out and he's a great fit.)</li><li>The club meets every Monday after school. </li><li>Depending on the space needed for the week's activity, the club meets in his room or
the LMC.</li><li>Every week is different from the last: book talks, games, group reads, cosplay, field trips.</li><li>GACME tries to read one book together per semester, with books coming from member purchases or ILL.</li><li>Field trips: comic book store, Barnes & Noble, movie, presentation of classic comics in NIU's rare book room, "comics as art" exhibit at NIU.</li><li>We've only had three different T-shirts since 2007. T-shirts aren't as important to GACME as other clubs and teams here. </li><li>I try to spend 1/3-1/2 of the proceeds from our annual Rotary Club Reading fundraiser on the GRA collection with GACME input.</li><li>Some of our most popular series in the GRA collection have come from members' own collections when they graduate as a "legacy" gift to GACME.</li></ul></div><div>Good luck as you build your clubs! A lot of my colleagues laughed at me when I started the club, but it has outlived Environmental Club, Feminist Club, and a few others.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_4264098008305149563gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Mrs. Ann Marie Jinkins<br></span></div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Librarian <br></span></div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Rochelle Township High School <br></span></div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">1401 Flagg Road <br>Rochelle, IL 61068<br></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">(815)562-4161, ext. 4112</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><font face="arial narrow,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:ajinkins@rthsd212.org" target="_blank">ajinkins@rthsd212.org</a></span><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 7:23 AM Brinkman,Jessica via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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I had my students take a survey, and many of them indicated they would like to see this happen in our library.</div>
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We have a section of Manga books, but other than cataloging and processing them, I have absolutely no idea about this genre.</div>
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Has anyone done a club and/or event and if so, could you PM me some things that helped you do this?</div>
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Also, I would be interested in bringing in a guest for a manga or anime event. If anyone has someone they have in mind, I would really like to hear what you think.</div>
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