Neil Gaiman, a strong defender of comics in all their forms has weighed in on the Denver Public Library situation. The best part of his opinion is:
“Most libraries are smart enough to keep the graphic novels for kids in the children’s sections, while putting the ones that aren’t for kids, like Sandman or Transmet, in with Graphic Novels, which is Not In the Children’s shelves. This is because most librarians are sane. You have to get a long way down the article before you notice there actually people (oddly enough, librarians) saying sane things…”
He’s coming to town for a book signing in September. I’ll be shaking his hand and thanking him specifically for this.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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