Implementing MARC 21 Fields 155 and 655, Genre/Form Terms:
Terms for What Library Materials Are, and Not the Topic They are About
Geraldine Ostrove Library of Congress
June 23, 2007
Cataloging Policy and Support Office Web Page Announcement
GENRE/FORM AUTHORITY RECORDS
June 12, 2007
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/genre.html
Other Public Postings Related to the Genre/Form Initiative and the First Special Project
MOVING IMAGES
Yee, Martha. Moving Image Materials: Genre Terms. Compiled by Martha M. Yee for the National Moving Image Database Standards Committee, National Center for Film and Video Preservation at the American Film Institute ; coordinated by Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, 1988.
Special Project
RECORDED SOUND
Radio Form/Genre Terms Guide
Compiled by the Recorded Sound Section,
Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/frmgen.html
Typical Radio Form/Genre Terms Guide bibliographic headings:
655 #7 $a Children's programs $v Radio. $2 radfg
655 #7 $a Public service announcements $v Radio. $2 radfg
Special Project
MUSIC
150 MUSIC AUTHORITY RECORD, EXAMPLE 1
053 $a M285.5 $b M285.6150 $a Duets (Unspecified instrument and piano)450 $a Duets (Piano and unspecified instrument)450 $a Piano and unspecified instrument music450 $a Unspecified instrument and piano music
150 MUSIC AUTHORITY RECORD, EXAMPLE 2
053 $a M115 $b M119150 $a Harp music360 $i headings for forms and types of music that include “harp” or “harps” and headings with medium of performance that include “harp” or “harps”680 $i Here are entered compositions not in a specific form or of a specific type for solo harp, and collections of compositions in several forms or types for solo harp.
150 SAMPLE HEADING
053 $a M217 $b M223
150 $a Violin and celesta music
450 $a Celesta and violin music
Violin and celesta music as a topic
Basic record155 $a Violin and celesta music
Records for topical uses150 $a Violin and celesta music $v Discography
150 $a Violin and celesta music $x History and criticism
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