[Comicsstudiessociety] Support the Future of the Bonn Online Bibliography (BOBC)

[Stephan Packard]

Dear colleagues,


on behalf of myself and all the colleagues involved in the BOBC and 
ComFor, but Joachim Trinkwitz especially, I want to say

THANK YOU

for the enormous support. We have received well beyond a hundred 
signatures from almost 20 countries (19! so close!), which really 
strengthens our case in addressing Bonn University. Special thanks to 
Pablo Turnes and Frank Leinen for their translations to Spanish as well 
as French, to Bart Beaty and Benajmin Woo for an emphatic account of 
their use of the bibliography, and to everyone who helped spread the word.


Best wishes, Stephan (Packard)

Stephan Packard schrieb am 12.09.2021 um 10:13:
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> 
> many of us have been making use of the Bonn Online Bibliography for 
> Comics Studies (BOBC), which Dr Joachim Trinkwitz has built up over many 
> years to be perhaps the most comprehensive resource of this kind for our 
> field.
> 
> As the technical and logistic demands of this project are rising, and 
> Joachim is facing retirement in a few years' time, the future of the 
> database is currently uncertain. As its co-sponsor, the German Society 
> for Comics Studies has set up an open letter to Bonn University to call 
> for continued support for this valuable resource. I am attaching the 
> full letter to this email (in German and English).
> 
> If you agree that the Bibliography should continue its work, we would 
> ask you to support this letter. You can sign it here:
> 
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forms.gle/Y5tuy2AHqaYG3cWy9__;!!KGKeukY!gADdUBtIeZGR-HUyn9oWPwCbVsQtE8I9zXhyXnebU8IQmU0zKdGSKT3HJcwjNfpB8144K_0otoZP$ 
> 
> Persons and institutions are equally welcome as signatories.
> 
> 
> Thank you for your help, and best wishes,
> 
> Stephan Packard
> 
>