Marvelous Manga The Power of Manga in a Secondary School Library #604 (Pictures have been deleted) Dr. Elizabeth Lee, Queen’s University Dr. Peggy MacInnis, Sir Robert L Borden BTI
Mar 27, 2015
Marvelous MangaThe Power of Manga
in aSecondary School Library
#604(Pictures have been deleted)
Dr. Elizabeth Lee, Queen’s University
Dr. Peggy MacInnis, Sir Robert L Borden BTI
… the story of our Collaboration
• 08-09 email; visit Borden
• 09-10 Research Project Planning; implementation; analysis;
presentation
Article: Teaching Librarian It’s a Super Sign-Out Day!
OLA Conference Proposal Submission
• 10-11 Research Project: Part II Planning/design
OLA Presentation
Circulation Statistics
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11
JMAMFJDNOS
Man
ga
9,937 +
21,727
25,215
18,904
5,7452,450
1,897
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
• 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).