Library Cataloging
Image via WikipediaThe Library of Congress to Cancel LCGFT Character- and Franchise-Based Terms for Moving Images.
- Treatment Of Globes In Lcsh And Lcgft
LC has issued Library of Congress to revise the treatment of Globes in LCSH and LCGFT. A couple of major changes "To promote collocation of all of the globes, maps, and atlases of a place, the subdivision ?Globes will be cancelled in favor of using the...
- Genre/form Treatment For Globes
In 2009 the Library of Congress? Policy and Standards Division (PSD) and LC?s Geography and Maps Division (G&M) began a project to develop genre/form terms for cartographic materials. In 2010 approximately 60 terms were approved for use and implemented....
- Sport-specific Moving Image Genre/form Terms
News from LC. The Policy and Standards Division of the Library of Congress plans to cancel sport-specific moving image genre/form terms from Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT) on June 18, 2012. In all, 24 terms...
- Lcgft For Moving Images: Best Practices
The OLAC Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC) has approved the document Library of Congress Genre-Form Thesaurus (LCGFT) for Moving Images: Best Practices. It provides guidelines, with examples, for the usage of LCGFT for moving image materials, and complement...
- Library Of Congress Genre/form Terms For Library And Archival Materials
Image by ekpatterson via FlickrNews from LC. Since 2007 the Library of Congress? Policy and Standards Division (PSD) has been developing genre/form terms, and in June 2010 determined that the new thesaurus, Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library...
Library Cataloging
No More Star Wars Films
Image via WikipediaThe Library of Congress to Cancel LCGFT Character- and Franchise-Based Terms for Moving Images.On August 1, 2011 the Policy and Standards Division (PSD) of the Library of Congress issued a discussion paper entitled, ?Cancellation of LCGFT Character- and Franchise-Based Terms for Moving Images,? which explained why character- and franchise-based terms are currently included in Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT), and the rationale for PSD?s proposal to cancel them. PSD would like to thank all those who provided comments on this issue.An attachemnt to the documnet lists many terms and suggested LCGFT and LCSH replacement headings.
Specialists in PSD and staff in LC?s Moving Image, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS) reviewed all of the comments and found them to be generally in favor of the proposal. PSD will therefore move forward with cancelling the approximately 90 character- and franchise-based terms from LCGFT. Correspondents did raise some valid concerns that are addressed below.
- Treatment Of Globes In Lcsh And Lcgft
LC has issued Library of Congress to revise the treatment of Globes in LCSH and LCGFT. A couple of major changes "To promote collocation of all of the globes, maps, and atlases of a place, the subdivision ?Globes will be cancelled in favor of using the...
- Genre/form Treatment For Globes
In 2009 the Library of Congress? Policy and Standards Division (PSD) and LC?s Geography and Maps Division (G&M) began a project to develop genre/form terms for cartographic materials. In 2010 approximately 60 terms were approved for use and implemented....
- Sport-specific Moving Image Genre/form Terms
News from LC. The Policy and Standards Division of the Library of Congress plans to cancel sport-specific moving image genre/form terms from Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT) on June 18, 2012. In all, 24 terms...
- Lcgft For Moving Images: Best Practices
The OLAC Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC) has approved the document Library of Congress Genre-Form Thesaurus (LCGFT) for Moving Images: Best Practices. It provides guidelines, with examples, for the usage of LCGFT for moving image materials, and complement...
- Library Of Congress Genre/form Terms For Library And Archival Materials
Image by ekpatterson via FlickrNews from LC. Since 2007 the Library of Congress? Policy and Standards Division (PSD) has been developing genre/form terms, and in June 2010 determined that the new thesaurus, Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library...