Library Hours
Monday: 9:00 - 5:00
Tuesday: 9:00 - 8:30
Wednesday: 9:00 - 5:00
Thursday: 9:00 - 8:30
Friday: 9:00 - 5:00
Saturday: 9:00 - 5:00
(Saturday in summer:
9:00 - 1:00)
Young Adult Services
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Featured Site This Month:
TeenReads.com
"We at Teenreads.com bring teens info and features about their favorite authors, books, series and characters....Teenreads.com is THE place online for teens to talk about their fave books --- and find the hippest new titles!"
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In addition to our collection of books, magazines, DVDs & videos, and audiobooks on cassette & CD for teens the library offers:
Public Computers
The Young Adult Room has two public iMac computers for general use. Both have Internet access, as well as Microsoft Office applications.
Wireless Internet Access
Bring your laptop and connect to our wireless network. Click here to download instructions on how to connect to our network.
Monthly Anime Club Meetings
The Cape Anime Club meets once per month. Librarian Kevin Goody usually brings in paper and colored pencils for those who wish to create their own illustrated artwork (which may be used--with permission--on promotional flyers and on this website.)
Members may discuss manga that they'd like to share with others, and Kevin will highlight what the library has to offer from our own collection and those of other libraries.
Most of the time, the monthly meetings are spent viewing an anime film provided by Funimation's Operation Anime, or other sources. If funds allow, snack foods and drinks will be provided.
Next meeting:
For more information on the Cape Anime Club, email Kevin Goody.
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Graphic Novel Collection
The library offers an extensive collection of graphic novels. If there are series or volumes that you want that our library doesn't own, we can borrow them for you from another library.
What are graphic novels? Here are some definining characteristics:
- Graphic art format ( images, colored or black&white) is the first identifying factor.
- Text in small blocks or balloons.
- Combination of art (format) and text (content), usually in a static panel form that reads from top left to lower right, called sequential art, that depicts a passage of time, rather than one moment, as in a picture book.
- Original complete story that can stand alone, or a compilation of stories or series that may have originally appeared in periodical comic book form. Can include all types of genres, including science fiction, fantasy, contemporary, adaptations from traditional classic literature, superheroes, Japanese manga, mystery, romance, history and poetry.
- Does NOT include compilations of cartoons or comic strips from newspapers or magazines, such as Garfield, Calvin and Hobbes, or Gary Larson's work, for example.
- Art styles can range from elaborate pictorial styles using many colors, to stark and simple black&white representations, from realistic to abstract and symbolic. Always remember that art (graphics) is the basis for the graphic novel format.
- Publishers can be either traditional publishing houses or specialty "comic book" companies.
(Source: Salt Lake Co. Library System)
Manga
Manga is the Japanese term for comic book. In the U.S. it has generally been used to differentiate them from comic books like Spider-Man and Batman and stories told by Japanese author/ illustrators. Japanese manga is read from right to left, unlike American comic books which are read from left to right. More American-sold manga is being presented in the right-to-left structure to give them a more authentically Japanese feel. Other countries have their own terms; for example Chinese comics are manhwa. Japanese manga give an eye toward Japanese culture--either contemporary or feudal Japan. It is rare for Japanese manga to emulate most American comics have by featuring spandex-costumed superheroes fighting ornately or oddly costumed villains. Japanese manga includes a number of genres: romance, comedy, adventure, horror, fantasy, science fiction, cyberpunk, and mecha (giant robots with or without drivers inside them).
Anime
Anime is a shortened term for "Japanese animation." Anime can either refer to stand-alone movies or half-hour television shows. Some television shows can be one season (usually around 26 episodes) or long running seasons like Bleach which has reached 166 episodes, and others like Dragon Ball Z, Maison Ikkoku, and One Piece which are much longer. One of the most famous Japanese animators is Hayao Miyazaki (who has been called the Japanese Walt Disney). He runs Studio Ghibli and is known for such animated movies as Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service, Howl's Moving Castle, Whisper Of The Heart, Nausicaa, and Castle In The Sky.