Randall W. Scott

Professional Summary

• B.A. Humanities, Michigan State University, 1972. An undergraduate major concentrating in three areas: Linguistics, the German language, and mathematics.
• M.S. Library Service, Columbia University, 1977, with concentration on cataloging and indexing.

• 1992- . Special Collections librarian, including Special Collections reference desk work, comic art bibliography and general rare, radical and popular culture cataloging.
• 1977-1992. Catalog Librarian at Michigan State University. Initial responsibility was for German language and general humanities cataloging.
• 1973-1975. Order typist and pre-order searcher, Michigan State University Libraries.
• 1970-1973. Bookstore clerk and assistant manager, Curious Book Shop, East Lansing.

• European Comics in English Translation : a Descriptive Sourcebook,McFarland & Co., 2002.
• The Comic Art Collection Catalog, Greenwood Press, 1993.
• Comics Librarianship, a Handbook, McFarland & Co., 1990.
• Comic Books and Strips, an Information Sourcebook, Oryx Press, 1988.
• A Subject Index to Comic Books and Related Material, Michigan State University Libraries, 1975.

• Robbins, Trina. Wild Irish Roses, Conari Press, 2004.
• Scott, Lynn. James Baldwin's Later Fiction : Witness to the Journey, Michigan State University Press, 2002.
• Robbins, Trina. Nell Brinkley and the New Woman in the Early 20th Century, McFarland and Company, 2001.
• Robbins, Trina. Eternally Bad : Goddesses with Attitude, Conari Press, 2001.
• Robbins, Trina. From Girls to Grrrlz : a history of [female] comics from teens to zines, Chronicle Books, 1999.
• McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics, HarperCollins Publishers/Kitchen Sink Press, 1994. Index separately published by Alphabetical Press, 1997.
• Robbins, Trina. The Great Women Superheroes, Kitchen Sink Press, 1996.
• Wiater, Stanley and Stephen R. Bissette. Comic Book Rebels, Donald I. Fine, 1993. Index separately published by Alphabetical Press, 1996.
• Robbins, Trina. A Century of Women Cartoonists, 2nd ed, Kitchen Sink Press, 1994.
• Schreiner, Dave. Kitchen Sink Press, the First 25 Years, Kitchen Sink Press, 1994.
• Sheppard, Alice. Cartooning for Suffrage, University of New Mexico Press, 1993.
• Wasserman, Robert. Tensors and Manifolds, Oxford University Press, 1992.
• Robbins, Trina, and Catherine Yronwode. Women and the Comics, Eclipse Books, 1985.
• Wertham, Frederic. Seduction of the Innocent, Rinehart, 1954. Index separately published in 1978.
• Marston, William. Wonder Woman, Holt, Rinehart, 1972. Index separately published in 1977.

• "A Practicing Comic-Book Librarian Surveys His Collection and His Craft" in Serials Review, Spring 1998, p. 49-56.
• "Research Libraries of Interest to Fandom" in Fandom Directory, annually 1982 to 1996.
• "Library Collections" in Anatomy of Wonder, a Critical Guide to Science Fiction, Bowker, 1995.
• "Breathed, Berkeley" and "Schulz, Charles Monroe", in Microsoft Encarta, 1994.
• "Comics and Libraries and the Scholarly World", in Popular Culture in Libraries, 1:1, 1993.
• "Library Collections" in Horror Literature, a Reader's Guide, Garland, 1990, p. 506-519.
• "Library Collections" in Fantasy Literature, a Reader's Guide, Garland, 1990, p. 474-488.
• "Newsletters Command Collection Completeness" in Library Journal, Mar. 15, 1989, p. 92.
• "Comics on Campus : The Comic Art Collection at Michigan State University" in New Pages, no. 14, 1989, p. 23-25.
• "An Original Catalog Librarian's Perspective on Library Automation" in Library Journal, Nov. 1, 1987.
• "Cataloging Comics" in Cataloging Special Materials, Oryx Press, 1986, p. 50-70.
• "Nye SF Collection Doubles" in Science Fiction Research Association Newsletter, Nov. 1985.
• "The Comix Alternative" in Collection Building, Fall 1984.
• "The Comics Alternative" in Collection Building, Summer 1984.

• Export Newspaper Services Contents List. East Lansing, Mich. : Special Collections Division, MSU Libraries, 2003. 50 p. (details contents of 630 comic books published in Spanish in New York in the 1950s)
• "Tijuana Bibles" for APA-I (indexes several works of 8-pager reprints and a few individual printings as held by the Michigan State University Libraries). 1996. 23 p.
• "'Gay' in the Comics" for APA-I (includes indexing of Gay Comix, no. 1-22). 1996. 14 p.
• Big Town Key Word in Title Index. Lansing, Mich. : Alphabetical Press, 1982. 9 p.
• Sing Out Reprint Index. Lansing, Mich. : Alphabetical Press : Distributed by Elderly Instruments, 1981. 32 p.
• Beowulf Dragon Slayer : a Preserved Context Index to the DC Comics Version of Beowulf. 1978. 15 p.
• Citation Index to Marvel comics, 1961-1980--Iron Man #1-100. 1978. 14 p.

• Comic Art Collection Reading Room Index (on Library server; largest general index to comics literature)