<div dir="ltr">AHHH! The conundrum of the graphic!<div><br></div><div>I was an early adopter of the graphic in the library. I love them personally, so I started adding them to the library. The kids LOVE them. Graphics now carry the highest percentage of circulation in the library, so they are a great addition. However, it completely annoys me that they are officially Dewey-ed into the 741s (mostly) because that really makes it difficult for kids to find, (school library.) The kids do not understand why the graphics are in the "art" books, like how to draw, etc. I, of course, moved them to their own section and gave them their own shelf tag designation of GN. Now here is where it gets sticky. Not only do you have fiction, biography, and nonfiction graphics, but you get the added insanity of HUGE MANGA SERIES! (Oh and many of those being by multiple authors/artists. *facepalm*)</div><div><br></div><div>Being me and trying to make it as quick and frustration-free for the students as possible, I came up with my own system. Big manga series are shelved in a special collection by series. Various more narrative graphics are shelved alphabetically by the author. Nonfic Graphics, well, some have been added to the regular nonfiction areas their subject matter would have placed them. For instance, a graphic novel that is about WW2, would be with the other WW2 books. I do put a label saying graphic on them. The nonfiction seems to get much better circulation when shelved with the regular nonfiction. The manga HAS to be by series, as the kids tend to "eat them up" quickly and want the whole series. This makes it easier to find and easier to reshelve fast, because they have such a high turnover rate. The more narrative-style graphics do well in their own area, shelved like fiction: by author.</div><div><br></div><div>I know this sounds a bit wacky, but it works for the kids and me. This wasn't an easy process. It took some data and chatting with the kids about what they do and don't like, and tracking how much I had to help them find their graphics. Essentially, I analyzed how my patrons used the library and what they were looking for from a graphic. Knowing the students' needs/wants and habits, I made changes through the years to get to this system, and it really seems to work smoothly now. I have very few questions about where the graphics are and how to find them. </div><div><br></div><div>This has been a process for me, but I think the current system works well with the populations I serve. If you are in a public library, I can see something a little more formalized would be needed. Otherwise, work on a system that keeps the frustration down and check-outs up. My goal is always to get more kids reading, so making the books as easy a possible to find really helps with making it easy for young readers.</div><div><br></div><div>Good luck!</div><div><br></div><div>Kristi Pierce</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 2:09 PM Wagoner, Benjamin 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"><div dir="ltr">Colleagues,<div><br></div><div>When shelving your graphic novels, do you separate your fiction and nonfiction books? We're not sure if we should fully mix them together or have the nonfiction grouped first and then the fiction grouped. Would anyone care to share how they did it in their library? 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