Hi all Forwarding this post, in case you have not seen it already. Regards Sandra Sandra McKenzie | Senior Collection Description Specialist Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa | National Library of New Zealand Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs Direct Dial +64 4 4623926 | Extn: 3926 | www.natlib.govt.nz<http://www.natlib.govt.nz/> From: Deborah Tomaras <Deborah.Tomaras@marist.edu> Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2022 8:12 AM To: Ex Libris user community discussion list for Alma <alma@exlibrisusers.org> Subject: [ALMA-L] "Best practices for cataloging comics and graphic novels" final version available You don't often get email from deborah.tomaras@marist.edu<mailto:deborah.tomaras@marist.edu>. Learn why this is important<https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> Dear Colleagues: *Please excuse cross-posting. The Metadata and Cataloging Committee of the ALA Graphic Novels and Comics Roundtable is pleased to announce the final version of Best Practices for Cataloging Comics and Graphic Novels Using RDA and MARC21 is available to view and/or download at https://alair.ala.org/handle/11213/18623<https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Falair.ala.org%2Fhandle%2F11213%2F18623&data=05%7C01%7Csandra.mckenzie%40dia.govt.nz%7Cada200c99e534ec5b10008da8b1dd558%7Cf659ca5cfc474e96b24d14c95df13acb%7C0%7C0%7C637975258085368144%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=HNjOcuajWgPBfoTcq7weJ0sqsZlAZWK7Gpz670BXP00%3D&reserved=0>. The Committee wishes to thank the numerous people in both the cataloging and comics communities who took the time and effort to provide thoughtful comments and feedback during the creation of this document. We hope the document will be useful to the comics cataloging community, helping standardize and improve the recording of comics metadata to better assist patrons in discovering and selecting works of interest. Best, Deborah Tomaras, on behalf of the GNCRT Metadata and Cataloging Committee Deborah Tomaras Metadata and Resource Management Librarian James A. Cannavino Library Marist College 3399 North Road Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Deborah.Tomaras@marist.edu<mailto:Deborah.Tomaras@marist.edu> (845) 575-3000 x2408 (she/her/hers)