Elizabeth DeZouche was one of six winners of an EBSCO/ALA Scholarship to the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois. In this guest blog post, she shares her experience as a first-time ALA Annual Conference attendee.

With the launch of the new SEE-IT Award recognizing the literary and cultural impact of graphic novels in youth reading, one SEE-IT juror shares her perspective on the long-overdue recognition of graphic novels.