Marvelous Manga
The Power of Manga
in a
Secondary School Library
#604
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Dr. Elizabeth Lee, Queen’s University
Dr. Peggy MacInnis, Sir Robert L Borden BTI
… the story of our
Collaboration
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08-09 email; visit Borden
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09-10 Research Project
Planning; implementation; analysis; presentation
Article: Teaching Librarian
It’s a Super Sign-Out Day!
OLA Conference Proposal Submission
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10-11 Research Project: Part II
Planning/design
OLA Presentation
Circulation Statistics
30000
25,215
25000
21,727
18,904
Manga
20000
15000
9,937 +
10000
5000
1,897
2,450
5,745
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05-06
06-07
07-08
08-09
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Circulation: TDSB SE
Sept-Dec 2010
June 2008
Toronto Star: June 2009
Collection Size: Manga
•From 0 – 4,075 in 7 ½ years
Then …
“…have you thought about buying…”
Now: A-C & Marvel, Bone etc
Now: D-Q
Now:
R-Z
Now: other Graphic Novels
New
Graphic
Novels
Manga
Data
Base
Stars
Number
Bold
Selection/Shopping: DB
4) Email Labyrinth: requests in Bold
5) Dan fills boxes; visits GNC
6) Students systematically select books
Selection/Shopping cont.
7) Book Talks by Dan Merisanu
Selection/Shopping cont.
8) Students make final choices
9) Book Spines are photocopied
10) Invoice emailed: payment
11) New books processed & added to DB
12) New DB placed by circulation computer
Selection/Shopping cont.
Student Excursion
• 1) small group of students selected to
represent GNC
• 2) visit Graphic Novel Store
– e.g. The Beguiling or The Labyrinth
Student Excursion cont.
• 1) students select books; verify with DB
• 2) whole day event: Library is closed
• 3) Travel by TTC; shop; load bags and
backpacks; lunch location chosen by
students; students carry books back to
school; arrange new books on trolley by
alpha title for photocopying (to create a
record)
Shopping: Dr Mac
• 1) DB to Chapters
• 2) DB to OLA Conference vendors
• 3) DB to TDSB Resource Fair
Selection Criteria
1) No nudity
2) Durable binding
3) Quality of drawing
e.g. Naruto
Knowing Your Readers:
Sir Robert L Borden BTI
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Vocational school
515 students: 66% male
Applied & Locally-Developed courses
Reading, writing, math & social skills at a
Grade 3-6 level
• 41% have formal Special Education
identification
• 65% go directly to work following graduation
Borden: Location
• TDSB: Morningside & Kingston Road
• Located within a community that has
– a high crime rate,
– substance abuse issues
– low socioeconomic status
Correlation?
More students reading,
more students graduating.
Reading Engagement
• Special education and reluctant readers
often dislike reading.
• The first step in becoming a reader is
engagement (Guthrie & Humenick, 2004).
• Choice produces engaged readers (Guthrie &
Humenick, 2004, Morrow, 2002).
• Amount of voluntary reading strong
predictor of reading performance and
academic success (Fielding, Wilson & Anderson,
1986).
• Greater access to books correlates
with better reading scores.
What’s Happening with Manga?
• Information presented in two modalities.
Dual Coding Theory (Clark & Pavio, 1991).
• Information that is presented & encoded in
verbal memory & visual memory is retained
better. (Processed by different parts of the
brain).