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just placed my hold request at the library...

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Thanks for this great topic! I'm also a librarian and have really enjoyed seeing more and more graphic novels added to our collections. We are in the midst of creating a separate collection area for graphic novels, kinda like mystery, sci-fi, and other genres in the fiction. But we also will have the graphic novels shelved in their age levels -- juvenile, teen, and adult. I'd love to know other people's take on this idea? I once heard Marjane Satrapi say that she didn't distinguish between a "graphic novel" and a "novel" -- it's a book. We want people to be able to discover graphic novels -- fans will seek them out, but we feel by having a separate shelving area, more new readers will find them. Thoughts?

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