Week 6: Comics in special collections and archives
Important!: Class will meet at the Lilly Library this week!
Summary
This week we will explore comics in special collections and archives and how such collections can facilitate research into comic book readership and fandom. Our class time this week will be spent at Indiana University’s Lilly Library exploring their comics-related holdings.
Weekly Learning Objectives
- identify important collections relevant to comics research
- discover the comics-related collections in Indiana University’s Lilly Library
- find specific items in major comics-related collections
Before class: Readings, resources, and tasks
- Yakel, E., & Torres, D. A. (2003). AI: Archival intelligence and user expertise. American Archivist, 66(1), 51–78.
- Miller, R. (2018). From the Archives: The Queer Zine Archive Project. Inks, 2(3), 369–389. https://doi.org/10.1353/ink.2018.0025
- Pflug, W. (2021). From the Archives: Vernon E. Grant Collection. Inks, 5(2), 209–224. https://doi.org/10.1353/ink.2021.0011
- Bychowski, B. (2020). Superheroes and Shocking Affairs, or, Adventures in Cataloging Popular Literature. Rare Book School. https://rarebookschool.org/rbs-online/superheroes-and-shocking-affairs-or-adventures-in-cataloging-popular-literature/
In class
- Lilly Library Program
- Discussion
- Next week