Tayla Cardillo (she/her) is the Branch Librarian of the Oak Lawn Branch Library in Cranston, RI. She is also a committee member for the Rhode Island Teen Book Awards and a volunteer blogger for the Office of Intellectual Freedom Blog. She completed her MLIS at the University of Rhode Island and her B.A. in English at Rhode Island College. […]
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Sally Engelfried received her MLIS from San Jose State University in 2013 and has worked as a children’s librarian for Oakland Public Library in California ever since. A longtime graphic novel and comics fan, Sally loves getting great graphic novels into the hands of the kids at her library.
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From their humble origins as a Teen Volunteer at their local library, Robin currently works as a Technical Services Associate at the Barrington Area Library, ordering and processing each book that comes into the collection. A proud alumni of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Library Sciences Program, Robin aims to serve the young adult […]
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Meredith is a library coordinator with the Free Library of Philadelphia. Previously, she worked as a children’s librarian at a Free Library branch for seven years, where she prided herself on the graphic novel collection. She has volunteered with the ALA Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table in various positions, including as co-chair of the […]
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Meghan Fangmann is a Children’s Librarian at Syosset Library in Long Island, New York. She runs graphic novel book clubs and storytimes at her library. In her spare time, she enjoys reading the latest Manga, Anime, and graphic novel titles.
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Maddi is a Youth Services Librarian at the Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library in Massachusetts, where she runs the library’s GSA for teens in grades 6-9, two graphic novel book clubs (one for teens and one for 4th and 5th graders), drawing classes for kids and teens, storytimes, and more. She is also […]
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Elizabeth Hollendonner is a Visiting Library Instructor (I will be an Assistant Professor starting in August) for Staley Library at Millikin University. She has been reading and enjoying graphic novels and manga since grade school, took a comics class under Dr. Carol Tilley and a book review class under Dr. Deborah Stevenson while earning her […]
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Kris is a librarian for the Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries, because being a Power Ranger was not a ‘legitimate life choice.’ A fan of sci-fi, horror, and fantasy Kris was drawn to comic books and manga through 90s Saturday morning cartoons like Spider-man and Batman TAS and shows like the Beetleborgs. Kris uses graphic novels and […]
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Josh Gauthier is a technical services librarian in Maine. He has a BA from the University of Southern Maine and an MFA from the Stonecoast creative writing program. An active member of the Maine writing and theater communities, Josh is also a fiction writer, playwright, and co-organizer of multiple livestream series with literary focuses. You […]
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Becky is Senior Reference Librarian at the Library of Virginia. Hailing from New England, she’s previously worked as a reference and technology librarian in public libraries up and down the East Coast. Her love of comics was sparked first by the Sandman comics and later by webcomic pioneers such as Faith Erin Hicks and Dylan […]
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