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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
This book was a lot more text-heavy than I would have liked, and the text wasn't as useful as I would have hoped. I was expecting examples of programs, but this book was almost entirely examples of programs. Many of them only work if you have a convention or bigger cosplay or convention event close to you. There were very few examples in the form of photos, which would have been better, in my opinion, at sparking ideas for programs in your own library space. Finally, I would have like to have a lot more "how to" create cosplay at a high-quality level. There are a lot of books out there about making costumes with cardboard boxes. It would have been nice to see how libraries could use and teach some of the more advanced techniques of cosplay. Teaching costume design and craft can go a long way to building a cosplay community in your city or town. Ultimately, this wasn't a terrible book, and if you've never done cosplay yourself, it might be a good resource to help you understand what it's all about.
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
Great resource for developing programming for the cosplay community. I can see a few ideas that would go over well before Comicon and Halloween at our library.
First, I'm a rural librarian who has been lucky enough to be able to attend several large-scale conventions and cosplay regularly since about 2009. When I graduated from college and was promoted in my job, one of the first things I wanted to drum up interest in was anime, comics, and cosplay. ...Needless to say, it hasn't been easy.
This book was pretty much exactly what was promised and I'm pleased to say that I got more than couple of ideas from it (Murder by Candlelight sounds like SO much fun!). However, I'm a rural librarian...and lot of these plans are for not-so-rural libraries. I'm hoping I can adjust them slightly to fit our community, so we'll see.
My only other nitpick with the book was that it's a LOT of text for a nonfiction book about a very visual hobby. I realize part of this was probably due to costs while printing. But honestly, a more text-book style with the photos inserted when they're being discussed, or a box with the instructions for the mentioned game would have been nicer than having to flip to the end of the book.
The book also includes a lot of links for Facebook pages, which is the nature of social media of course. However, I wonder how many of those pages are still going to be updated or even existent in three to five years? Luckily, me being who I am, I don't particularly have use for them, but I'm sure other librarians who are not as nerdily inclined as I am might.
This book was pretty much exactly what was promised and I'm pleased to say that I got more than couple of ideas from it (Murder by Candlelight sounds like SO much fun!). However, I'm a rural librarian...and lot of these plans are for not-so-rural libraries. I'm hoping I can adjust them slightly to fit our community, so we'll see.
My only other nitpick with the book was that it's a LOT of text for a nonfiction book about a very visual hobby. I realize part of this was probably due to costs while printing. But honestly, a more text-book style with the photos inserted when they're being discussed, or a box with the instructions for the mentioned game would have been nicer than having to flip to the end of the book.
The book also includes a lot of links for Facebook pages, which is the nature of social media of course. However, I wonder how many of those pages are still going to be updated or even existent in three to five years? Luckily, me being who I am, I don't particularly have use for them, but I'm sure other librarians who are not as nerdily inclined as I am might.