Students often check out books to read for fun, and they have one consistent request: more comics and manga.
on Tuesday, March 18 will give the Ellender Memorial Library an opportunity to help fulfill that need and also promote our students鈥� love of reading.
鈥淕ive-N-Day is an opportunity to help us give our students what they want,鈥� said Andrew Barbier, Access Services Librarian and library Give-N-Day lead. 鈥淎 nice side benefit for the students is it can help them form a life-long love for reading.鈥�
Graphic novels and manga aren鈥檛 just senseless fun, as they can touch on important topics and studies also help make reading books as a whole more habit forming. More information is in our previous article on early giving.
Thanks to Early Giving, the library has already raised $145 of a $2,025 goal, which in total would purchase about 80 titles.
On Give-N-Day, the library will host a 24-hour stream on , 鈥淭hat Time I Got Reincarnated as a Streaming Librarian.鈥� The early giving stream, which unlocked the 24-hour Give-N-Day stream, featured games based on comics, so the Give-N-Day stream will feature games based on manga. Games included Armored Core 6, Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy, Dragon Ball Sparking Zero, Sea of Stars, Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution, and One Piece Pirate Warrior 4. The stream team will include Andrew, library volunteer Johnny Shinnaberry, Library Specialist Jenna Bergeron, and Government Information Librarian Jessica Hawkes.
Give-N-Day includes some stretch goals, such as eating bugs on stream for $1,000, several book club operations including Jessica reading all of Ultimate Spider-Man for $3,000, Library Director Brandy Burbante playing Mario Party 8 on stream for $3,500, and Andrew and Johnny getting manga or comic tattoos for $5,000. If Jessica fails to read all 189 issues of Ultimate Spider-Man, she will have to teach Johnny and Andrew to play Wonderwall on guitar. Johnny and Andrew also have consequences if they fail.
“While I’m looking forward to reading Ultimate Spider-Man, it is going to be a challenge to get through before next Give-N-Day,” Jessica said. “We’ll have progress updates on our streams so you can check in on how we are doing on these goals.”
To participate in Give-N-Day, you can donate to Brandy鈥檚 fundraiser link . If you want to keep up to date with the library鈥檚 plans and goals, follow us on .
The library will also be asking for recommendations on which comics and manga to purchase.
To recommend a graphic novel, fill out this . The recommendation form for manga is .
