Putting the “Extra” in Extraordinary: Creating a Library Comic Con

Authors

  • Molly Virello

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.17.1.31

Abstract

I am a lady of many hats—children’s librarian by day, Renaissance faire rogue and comic con cosplay queen by night (and weekend). I was drawn to these activities not only because of my passion, but because of other people’s exuberance for the characters, the activities, and the stories. It’s something I see in the library all the time when children want to share stories about their hobbies or their new favorite book.

That exuberance got me thinking—how could I share my weekend passions with my library patrons?

Author Biography

Molly Virello

Molly Virello holds a Master’s in Information and Library Studies from the University of Wellington in New Zealand and is part of a creative team of children’s librarians in CT where she’s the source of the majority of the noise in the library. She received the 2017 CT Library Association Special Achievement Award for her Library ComicCon and Library Renaissance Faire programming, and is in the process of creating the Next Big Thing.

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Published

2019-03-14

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2019): Spring

Section

Features

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