Enjoy reading comics? interested in how they can be used in teaching and learning? If so then the below info from the library will probably be of interest
Worlds will live! Worlds will die! Nothing will ever be the same again!
Well, maybe not quite: but Meanwhile, Back in the Library, the Library’s exhibition of comics, has moved into its next phase, with new themes and displays at both Adsetts and Collegiate. The exhibition celebrates and promotes the wealth of comics, cartoons, graphic novels and picture books in Sheffield Hallam’s collections, and explores how they can be used for learning, teaching, research, and enjoyment. Two new strands of the exhibition have been released, with new information and links to accompany them on the exhibition website.
At Adsetts, Issue 4: Crossovers with other media explores how comics influence, and have been influenced by, other mediums. As well as looking at straightforward (or not) adaptations and borrowings, the displays also examine: format-straddling genres and franchises; the close connections between comics and animation for games and screen; creators who combine comics with work in other media; graphic music scores; and even some of comics’ influences on fashion. You can find the Adsetts display on Level 4 close to the helpdesk.
Meanwhile, at Collegiate, Issue 1: Using Comics in Academia revisits our original theme of comics as academic sources, but this time from the perspective of some of the subjects based at Collegiate Campus, including psychology, health-care, and law, with all-new material. You can find the Collegiate display in C001 on the ground floor of the Library, next to the Journals stack.
The exhibition has had three previous strands: Issue 1: Using Comics in Academia addressed the roles of comics in academic libraries, and highlighted some of the research into comics going on at SHU; Issue 2: Comics & Society looked at how comics deal with social and political issues and attitudes; and Issue 3: Comics & Well-Being looked at graphic health narratives and memoirs. You can find supporting information for all three strands on the exhibition website.
However, this won’t be it for the exhibition, and over the summer we’ll be running one final strand about what comics mean to Sheffield Hallam students and staff.
If you’d like to read some of our comics, or just see some of what’s available, we’ve picked out a selection for reading and borrowing next to the exhibition in Adsetts. You can find an even wider selection of comics in our collections on the exhibition reading list. Many of the Library subject guides also have a subject-relevant set of suggestions.
Now read on if you dare…