OCLC Online Computer Library Center Graphic Novels Julianne Beall Assistant Editor, DDC Library of Congress Saturday, January 15, 2005 ALA MW Boston

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Graphic Novels in DDC: Discussion Paper Supplement to Graphic Novels in DDC Draft schedule Cartoons, caricatures, comics, graphic novels, fotonovelas available for testing Comments and suggestions by March 31, 2005

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Previous Discussion and Advice Oral discussion and advice from librarians and members of publishing community 20 written responses to written discussion papers (some individual responses, some group responses) Unfortunately, people disagree about important issues

OCLC Online Computer Library Center vs. 800 For 741.5: 8 For 800: 7 Mixed response: 2 No response: 3

OCLC Online Computer Library Center vs. 800 (continued) The obvious tension of intent' with graphic novels, i.e., their intent is both literary and artistic When narrative is presented primarily visually, or when graphics and text are equally important, prefer 700 over 800

OCLC Online Computer Library Center 700 vs. 800 The same preference for 700 holds for a combination of music and literature acting and literature dancing and literature

OCLC Online Computer Library Center 700 vs. 800 (continued) First of two rule 700 The arts Fine and decorative arts... for literature, see 800

OCLC Online Computer Library Center 700 vs. 800 Examples Shakespeare, Othello Stage production Verdi, Otello Stage production Orson Welless film, The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice (adaptation of Shakespeares Othello)

OCLC Online Computer Library Center All Kinds Together vs. Separate Categories For all kinds together: 6 Impossible to make workable distinctions For separate categories: 5 No response: 9

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Suggestions from Respondents: Suggestion A: 2 Categories Cartoons & comics that form a narrative Cartoons & comics that do not form a narrative

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Suggestion B: 3 Categories Single panel cartoons/caricatures Comic strips that are the graphic equivalent of brief prose anecdotes Graphic stories, including those originally published serially in comic strip or comic book form, those originally published in a single volume, and those originally published serially as a series of volumes"

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Suggestion C: 4 Categories Single-moment representations (caricatures) Comics (serials publications in which neither the beginning nor the end point of the story informs the current episode in hand)

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Suggestion C: 4 Categories (continued) Comic strips (single-movementjoke, thoughtexpositions that may be republished in a collection but which collection forms no overarching arc of development of characters or plot) All formal narrativesbe they traditional prose-only novels, graphic novels, or verse novels

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Cartoons, caricatures, comics, graphic novels, fotonovelas Standard subdivisions are added for any or all topics in heading Class here comic strips, comic books But: notation left open for possible future development of specific categories

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Fiction and Nonfiction Graphic Novels: Manual Note Work presented as essay, textbook, journalistic, biographical, or autobiographical account of nonfiction topic: if in doubt, prefer the number for the topic in Work that uses techniques of fiction writing to tell story of actual people and events: if in doubt, prefer 741.5

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Techniques.... Class here comprehensive works Class techniques, procedures, apparatus, equipment, materials used for special aspects in

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Special aspects... Class here genres Class single works and collections of works regardless of genre in

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Historical, geographic, persons treatment [formerly ] Class here single works and collections of works; development, description, critical appraisal Class works of description and critical appraisal that focus on a specific aspect and are not limited to an individual artist or writer with the aspect in , e.g., critical appraisal of superhero comics

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Subarrangement by Country: Manual Note Use notation for country where first published for individual works where multiple hands (e.g., writers, pencilers, inkers, colorists, letterers) have contributed to the final work Use notation for country of the artist or writer for collections that feature the work of a particular artist or writer

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Subarrangement by Country: Manual Note (continued) If in doubt, try to determine which country's cultural tradition the work was originally aimed at, and use the notation for that country If still in doubt, prefer notation for the country that comes later in Table 2

OCLC Online Computer Library Center Special Collections: Outside DDC Fic or F [Fiction] TEEN GN GN [for adult readers] No consistent pattern; local experimentation