[DCRM-L] local form/genre guidance

[Lois Reibach]

I am the sole cataloger at the Athenaeum. I haven't written up
documentation, but have created constant data records in OCLC so that I can
be consistent. I have CD for Bindings and binderies, Dust jackets, Genre
headings, Paper, Printers, provenance notes, and many others that aren't
relevant to this question. If there is a way to share them, I don't
remember what it is.

On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 8:34 AM Lapka, Francis <francis.lapka at yale.edu>
wrote:

> Hi everyone.
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> I’m currently working with a Yale task force that is reviewing the use of
> form and genre terms in the description of manuscript and archival
> material. A primary goal of this group is to make recommendations that will
> facilitate better consistency of form/genre application across Yale special
> collections units, leading (hopefully) to improved user discovery.
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> New or improved local guidance on form/genre application is one possible
> tool for achieving this goal. With that in mind, I’m keen to hear if others
> have established (or are aware of) local form/genre documentation that you
> find particularly successful. Please don’t be modest if it’s your own.
> Context is not limited to mss/archives.
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> Here are two examples that I’m aware of:
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>    - (Yale) Beinecke Rare Book Cataloging Unit:
>    http://beinecke1.library.yale.edu/info/bookcataloging/genre.htm
>    - Folger Shakespeare Library (Folgerpedia):
>    https://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Genre_and_form
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> It seems part of the exercise is to identify the terms that are important
> to your repository while keeping the list(s) to a manageable size. I’m
> especially keen to see examples of documentation that are organized (with
> hierarchies or categories) by format, content matter, etc. The Beinecke
> example does this at a broad level (genre, binding, provenance,
> printing/publishing).
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> Francis
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> Francis Lapka
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> *Senior Catalogue Librarian*
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> Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts
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> Yale Center for British Art
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> 203-432-9672  ·  francis.lapka at yale.edu
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Lois Reibach
Resource Description and Access Librarian
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
219 South Sixth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106

lrreibach at gmail.com
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