Genre/Form Code and Term Source Codes

Introduction
Genre/Form Source Codes
Genre/Form Source Code Usage in MARC and MODS/MADS

Introduction

Genre/Form Sources contains a list of sources of terms and/or codes indicating the genre, form, and/or physical characteristics of the materials being described in bibliographic records and assigns a code to each source. Sources include lists that contain the following types of information:
- content types that indicate the form of communication through which a work is expressed. Examples include: cartographic dataset, notated music, or text.
- media types that specify the general type of intermediation device required to view, play, run, etc., the content of a resource audio, stereographic, or video.
- carrier types that specify the format of the storage medium and housing of a resource. Examples include audiocassette, microfiche, or online resource.
- genre types designate the style or technique of the intellectual content of textual materials or, for graphic materials, aspects such as vantage point, intended purpose, characteristics of the creator, publication status, or method of representation. Examples are: biographies, catechisms, essays, hymns, or reviews.
- form and physical characteristic types designate historically and functionally specific kinds of materials distinguished by their physical character, the subject of their intellectual content, or the order of information within them. Examples are: daybooks, diaries, directories, journals, memoranda, questionnaires, syllabi, or time sheets.

The purpose of this list is to identify the vocabulary used in records. For code assignment, general structure, usage, and maintenance guidelines see Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes.

Many general subject lists and thesauri, such as the Library of Congress Subject Headings and the Art and Architecture Thesaurus, also contain controlled vocabularies for specifying genre/forms. Thus those general sources may also be used in usage elements identified for genre/form terms, with the appropriate source code (see Subject Heading and Term Source Codes). Only sources that are specific for genre/form are listed here.

Arrangement of the List

Entries in the list are arranged in alphabetical order by the code and consist of the source code followed by the bibliographic citation for the source documentation. The citations are linked to the online source for some codes.

Code Structure

Each code consists of a maximum of 12 lowercase alphabetic characters. Possible additions to codes are described in Source Codes.

Genre/Form Source Codes

alett: An alphabetical list of English text types (Berlin; New York: Mouton de Gruyter) [pages 23-88 in: Text types and the history of English]
amg: Audiovisual material glossary (Dublin, OH: Online Computer Library Center, Inc.)
barngf: Svenska ämnesord för barn - Genre/Form (Stockholm: Kungliga Biblioteket)
bgtchm: Basic genre terms for cultural heritage materials
cbk: Centraal Bestand Kinderboeken
cjh: Center for Jewish History thesaurus
dct: Dublin Core list of resource types
estc: Eighteenth century short title catalogue, the cataloguing rules. New ed. (London: The British Library)
fbg: Films by genre (Jefferson, NC: McFarland)
fgtpcm: Form/genre terms for printed cartoon material (Bowling Green, OH: Consortium of Popular Culture Collections in the Midwest)
ftamc: Form terms for archival and manuscripts control (Stanford: The Research Libraries Group, Inc.) [Note: used prior to August 1991; term list subsumed by Art and Architecture Thesaurus at that time]
gatbeg: Gattungsbegriffe (Leipzig & Frankfort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek)
gmd: Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules general material designation (Rule 1.1C)
gmgpc: Thesaurus for graphic materials: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service)
gnd: Gemeinsame Normdatei (Leipzig, Frankfurt: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek)
gnd-carrier: Gemeinsame Normdatei: Datenträgertyp (Leipzig, Frankfurt: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) [PDF]
gnd-content: Gemeinsame Normdatei: Beschreibung des Inhalts (Leipzig, Frankfurt: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) [PDF]
gnd-music: Gemeinsame Normdatei: Musikalische Ausgabeform (Leipzig, Frankfurt: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) [PDF]
gsafd: Guidelines on subject access to individual works of fiction, drama, etc. (Chicago: American Library Association)
gtlm: Genre terms for law materials: a thesaurus (Littleton, CO: Rothman Pubs.)
gttg: Robson, Diane; Yanowski, Kevin & Sassen, Catherine. Genre terms for tabletop games (Denton, Texas: University of North Texas Libraries)
isbdcontent: ISBD Area 0 (Content Form and Media Area) [content]
isbdmedia: ISBD Area 0 (Content Form and Media Area) [media]
lcgft: Library of Congress genre/form terms for library and archival materials (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service)
lobt: Language of Bindings Thesaurus (London: University of Arts)
marccategory: MARC form category term list (Washington, DC: Library of Congress)
marcform: MARC form of item term list (Washington, DC: Library of Congress)
marcgt: MARC genre terms (Washington, DC: Library of Congress)
marcsmd: MARC specific material form term list (Washington, DC: Library of Congress)
migfg: Moving image genre-form guide (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, MBRS)
mim: Moving image materials: genre terms (Washington: Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress)
muzeukv: MuzeVideo UK DVD and UMD film genre classification (London: Muze Europe Ltd)
nbdbgf: NBD Biblion Genres Fictie (Zoetermeer: NBD Biblion)
ngl: Newspaper genre list [online only] (Seattle, WA: University of Washington, Library Microform and Newspaper Collections)
nimafc: NIMA form codes (Bethesda, MD: National Imagery and Mapping Agency)
nmc: Revised nomenclature for museum cataloging: a revised and expanded version of Robert C. Chenhall's system for classifying man-made objects (Walnut Creek, Calif.: AltaMira Press)
nzcoh: New Zealand choral and orchestral hire form and genre terms
proysen: Prøysen: emneord for Prøysen-bibliografien (Oslo: Nasjonalbiblioteket) [deprecated]
radfg: Radio form / genre terms guide (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Recorded Sound Section)
rbbin: Binding terms: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloguing (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA)
rbgenr: Genre terms: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloguing (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries)
rbmscv: RBMS controlled vocabularies (Chicago: Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, Association of College and Research Libraries)
rbpap: Paper terms: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloging (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA) [used for printing terms.]
rbpri: Printing & publishing evidence: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloging (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA) [used for printing terms.]
rbprov: Provenance evidence: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloging (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA)
rbpub: Printing and publishing evidence: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloging (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA) [used for publishing terms.]
rbtyp: Type evidence: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloging (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA) [used for printing terms.]
rdabf
: RDA bibliographic format
rdabs
: RDA broadcast standard
rdacarrier: Term and code list for RDA carrier types
rdaco: RDA content type
rdacontent: Term and code list for RDA content types
rdacc
: RDA colour content
rdacpc
: RDA configuration of playback channels
rdact
: RDA carrier type
rdafnm
: RDA format of notated music
rdafs
: RDA font size
rdaft
: RDA file type
rdagen
: RDA generation
rdagrp
: RDA groove pitch of an analog cylinder
rdagw
: RDA groove width of an analog disc
rdalay
: RDA layout
rdamat
: RDA material
rdamedia: Term and code list for RDA media types
rdamt
: RDA media type
rdapf
: RDA presentation format
rdapm
: RDA production method
rdapo
: RDA polarity
rdare
: RDA regional encoding
rdarm
: RDA recording medium
rdarr
: RDA reduction ratio designation
rdaspc
: RDA special playback characteristic
rdatc
: RDA track configuration
rdatr
: RDA type of recording
rdavf
: RDA video format
reveal: REVEAL: fiction indexing and genre headings (Bath: UKOLN)
rvmgf: Thésaurus des descripteurs de genre/forme de l'Université Laval (Québec, Québec: Bibliothèque de l'Université Laval)
saogf: Svenska ämnesord - Genre/Form (Stockholm: Kungliga Biblioteket)
sgp: Svenska genrebeteckningar fr periodika (Stockholm: Kunglige Biblioteket)
slm: Suomalainen lajityyppi- ja muotosanasto
tgfbne: Términos de género/forma de la Biblioteca Nacional de España
vgmsgg
: Video game metadata schema: controlled vocabulary for gameplay genre (GAME Research (GAMER) Group)
vgmsng
: Video game metadata schema: controlled vocabulary for narrative genre (GAME Research (GAMER) Group)

Genre/Form Source Code Usage in MARC and MODS/MADS

MARC 21 Formats and Fields

Bibliographic records
- 655 $2 (Index Term - Genre/Form / Source of term)
- 336 $2 (Content Type / Source)
- 337 $2 (Media Type / Source)
- 338 $2 (Carrier Type / Source)
Authority records
- 755 $2 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Genre/Form Term / Source of heading or term)
- 785 $2 (Subdivision Linking Entry - Form Subdivision / Source of heading or term)
- 336 $2 (Content Type / Source)
- 040 $f (Cataloging Source / Subject heading / thesaurus conventions
Holdings records
- 337 $2 (Media Type / Source)
- 338 $2 (Carrier Type / Source)

MODS/MADS Elements

mods: genre @authority
mods: physicalDescription / form @authority
mods: location / holdingSimple / copyInformation / form @authority
mads: authority / genre @authority
mads: related / genre @authority
mads: variant / genre @authority