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Genre/form terms in catalog records describe what an item ''is'' (or contains), not what it is about. ''Genre'' corresponds roughly to the content of what is being described: for example, almanacs, depositions, plays, and poems. ''Form'' corresponds with formats and physical characteristics: for example, embroidered bindings, imposition errors, manicules, and sammelbands. This [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=170013 Hamnet record for two copies of a 1635 edition of Sternhold and Hopkins ''Whole booke of Psalmes''] includes the genre term '''Psalters''' and the form term '''Embroidered bindings (Binding)'''. Genre/form terms are controlled by authorized forms. | Genre/form terms in catalog records describe what an item ''is'' (or contains), not what it is about. ''Genre'' corresponds roughly to the content of what is being described: for example, almanacs, depositions, plays, and poems. ''Form'' corresponds with formats and physical characteristics: for example, embroidered bindings, imposition errors, manicules, and sammelbands. This [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=170013 Hamnet record for two copies of a 1635 edition of Sternhold and Hopkins ''Whole booke of Psalmes''] includes the genre term '''Psalters''' and the form term '''Embroidered bindings (Binding)'''. Genre/form terms are controlled by authorized forms. | ||
==Brief history of genre/form in library catalog records== | ==Brief history of genre/form in library catalog records== | ||
*LCSH | *LCSH | ||
*Definition of | *Definition of ǂv | ||
*RBMS and other controlled vocabularies | *RBMS and other controlled vocabularies | ||
*Development of LCGFT | *Development of LCGFT | ||
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==Genre and form use at the Folger== | ==Genre and form use at the Folger== | ||
===Basic policy=== | ===Basic policy=== | ||
=== | ===Conventions for maintenance of the table=== | ||
===List of common genre and form terms in Hamnet=== | ===List of common genre and form terms in Hamnet=== | ||
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Genre/form terms in catalog records describe what an item is (or contains), not what it is about. Genre corresponds roughly to the content of what is being described: for example, almanacs, depositions, plays, and poems. Form corresponds with formats and physical characteristics: for example, embroidered bindings, imposition errors, manicules, and sammelbands. This Hamnet record for two copies of a 1635 edition of Sternhold and Hopkins Whole booke of Psalmes includes the genre term Psalters and the form term Embroidered bindings (Binding). Genre/form terms are controlled by authorized forms.
Brief history of genre/form in library catalog records
- LCSH
- Definition of ǂv
- RBMS and other controlled vocabularies
- Development of LCGFT
Genre and form use at the Folger
Basic policy
Conventions for maintenance of the table
List of common genre and form terms in Hamnet
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Judicial records. ǂ2 aat | Records of a tribunal established for the administration of justice. | Use for Court rolls, Writs | AAT |
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