Welcome to the NCLA Pop Culture Committee! The NCLA Pop Culture Committee is dedicated to promoting the inclusion of graphic novels, comic books, anime, manga, animation, video games and gaming, science fiction, fantasy, and other pop culture media in libraries.
Purpose of the Pop Culture Committee:
To create programs, workshops, conferences, and other events relevant to librarians, educators, students, and other professionals about collection development, programming, instruction, curriculum development, and other topics related to Comic-Con culture, such as comic books, graphic novels, video games/gaming, anime, manga, animation, science fiction, fantasy, and other pop culture media.
The Committee shall:
- Keep the NCLA Executive Board informed, including reporting the findings, recommendations, and activities of the committee to the board.
- Meet on a regular basis.
- Plan and develop programs assigned to further improve the abilities and educational needs of the membership. This may be in conjunction with institutions of higher learning or other associations.
- Plan the content for each program and arrange for speakers, facilities, equipment, refreshments, etc. at programs.
- Promote ways librarians in public, school, and academic libraries can meet the needs of library users/patrons through the use of pop culture, including comic books, graphic novels, video games/gaming, anime, manga, animation, science fiction, fantasy, and other pop culture media.
- Share ideas with the membership for library programming and collection development related to comic books, graphic novels, video games/gaming, anime, manga, animation, science fiction, fantasy, and other pop culture media.
Approved 6/13/14
Meetings
Stay tuned for the 2024 meeting schedule!
For an up-to-date schedule of meetings, please review the NCLA Calendar.
Local Conventions
Below are upcoming local conventions in the tri-state and east coast area:
- April 20-21. 2024: EM-Con at the East Meadow Public Library in East Meadow, NY: https://www.facebook.com/EMconEMPLAnimeFest/
- May 18-19, 2024: Cradle-Con at the Cradle of Aviation in Garden City, NY: https://www.cradlecon.com/
- August 17-18, 2024: Long Island Tropic Con at the Hyatt Regency in Hauppauge, NY: https://www.litropiccon.com/
- August 23-25, 2024: Anime NYC at the Javits Center in New York, NY: http://animenyc.com/
- October 17-20, 2024: New York Comic Con at the Javits Center in New York, NY: http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com
Links and Resources
- ALA Graphic Novels and Comics in Libraries MIG Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/284091538417404/
- League of Librarian Gamers – ALA GameRT : https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeagueOfLibrarianGamers/
- No Flying, No Tights: http://www.noflyingnotights.com/
- NYLA Pop Culture Round Table Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYLA.PCRT/
- YALSA’s Great Graphic Novels for Teens: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/great-graphic-novels
Page last updated on 12/6/23
