Alison Raab’s MS thesis, “Manga in Academic Library Collections: Definitions, Strategies, and Bibliography for Collecting Japanese Comics,” is available online at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill’s SILS Electronic Theses and Dissertations repository:
http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/s_papers/id/809
Alison’s thesis makes very interesting reading! She advocates collecting manga as part of Japanese studies collections in general, and provides practical advice on selecting/collecting manga.
In Chapter V (“Manga in the Field: Manga Collection Strategies in Academic Libraries) she discusses manga collections at Ohio State and U Kansas. Alison refers to Ohio State’s approach as “comprehensive.” Actually, I describe my approach to collecting manga as “broadly representative” rather than comprehensive. In the case of manga, this distinction seems important to me. However, this small correction does not detract from an otherwise excellent paper.
Great work, Alison!!
