Building a Collection for the LibraryBuilding a Collection for the LibraryThe Metropolitan Museum of Art Gets Graphic:The Metropolitan Museum of Art Gets Graphic:

Building a Collection for the LibraryBuilding a Collection for the LibraryThe Metropolitan Museum of Art Gets Graphic:The Metropolitan Museum of Art Gets Graphic:

Thomas J. Watson LibraryThomas J. Watson Library

Nolen LibraryNolen Library

Starting the CollectionStarting the Collection

Gareth HindsGareth HindsOctober 2010October 2010

Misako Rocks! Misako Rocks! February 2011February 2011

Nolen Library Collection Development PolicyNolen Library Collection Development Policy

Special Collections“…Graphic Novels and manga are judiciously added to the collection based on relevance to the Museum’s collections, art history, and significance to the canon of sequential art.” (March 2013)

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