Hi, everyone. I wanted to share this announcement for a webinar I saw on AUTOCAT because it relates to the discussion we had about graphic novel cataloging. It looks like it's free to attend, so if you have the time you might want to pop in, April 21 at 11:30 Mountain. Registration link is at the bottom.

Forwarded message:

The Graphic Novel and Comics Round Table (GNCRT) Metadata & Cataloging
Committee is pleased to host a virtual panel on April 21, 2026 at 1:30-2:45
Eastern/12:30 Central/11:30 Mountain/10:30 Pacific focused on local
cataloging practices for comics and graphic novels. Looking at how comics
and graphic novels are cataloged in practice, it seems like every library
does things differently. Why does your library do things the way that you
do?

In this webinar, we seek to bridge the gaps between specialized libraries
focused on comics/graphic novels, academic libraries, and public libraries.
Our panelists reflect this mission and include:

   -

   Keno Catabay (University of Colorado Boulder, University Libraries,
   Principal Cataloger)
   -

   Stefanie Dennis Hunker (Professor/Digital Resources Librarian, Browne
   Popular Culture Library, Bowling Green State University)
   -

   David Shay (Cataloging Librarian, Rare Books, University of South
   Carolina Libraries)
   -

   Cynthia Barnett (Collection Development Manager, Birmingham Public
   Library)


This webinar will be approximately 1 hour 15 minutes and will start with a
15 minute presentation on the results of a study on comics classification
practices. This will be followed by each panelist giving a short 1 to 2
minute introduction about themselves and their collections, followed by the
panel discussion.

Attendees are encouraged to submit their questions ahead of time via this
google form
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(
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so that panelists can prepare thoughtful responses. Please register to
attend <https://ala-events.zoom.us/meeting/register/7qM4TOD8SwqFDrj1gvgccA>
(https://ala-events.zoom.us/meeting/register/7qM4TOD8SwqFDrj1gvgccA)