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General Information
- FAQ on genre/form headings [updated 6/6/11] (PDF, 123 KB) *FAQ en Español*
- Library of Congress to Reissue Genre/Form Authority Records (Revised 05/09/11)
- Library of Congress to Formally Separate LC Genre/Form Thesaurus from LCSH (06/17/10)
- Expanding the Power of the Library's Family of Vocabularies: Genre/Form Headings (Webcast - Speaker: Janis Young; Recorded July 2, 2009; Running time: 53 minutes)
- Timeline and Plan for the Next Five Library of Congress Genre/Form Projects
- Genre/form authority records (08/15/07)
Law Materials
Cartographic Materials
- Treatment of Globes in LCSH and LCGFT to be revised (01/08/13) (PDF, 25 KB)
- Proposed Treatment of Globes in the LCGFT Environment (05/24/12) (PDF, 67 KB)
- SACO Proposals for for Cartographic Genre/Form Terms (01/03/11)
- Library of Congress to Approve Genre/Form Headings for Cartographic Materials (04/27/10) (PDF, 18 KB)
- Library of Congress to Modify Structure of Form Subdivisions used for Cartographic Materials (11/18/09) (PDF, 16 KB)
- Proposed Changes to the Structure of LCSH Subdivisons Used for Cartographic Materials (06/10/09) (PDF, 48 KB)
- Genre/Form Headings for Cartographic Materials (02/10/09)
Musical Works
- Genre/Form Terms for Musical Works and Medium of Performance Thesaurus (revised 06/04/12)
Moving Image Materials and Radio Programs
- Cancellation of LCGFT Sport-Specific Terms for Moving Images (PDF, 32 KB)
- Decision on Cancellation of LCGFT Character- and Franchise-Based Terms for Moving Images (11/23/11) (PDF, 484 KB)
- Cancellation of LCGFT Character- and Franchise-Based Terms for Moving Images: Discussion Paper (08/01/11) (PDF, 492 KB)
- Decision Regarding the Proposed Revision to the Hierarchies of Moving Image Genre/Form Headings (04/27/10) (PDF, 21 KB)
- Proposed Revision to the Hierarchies of Moving Image Genre/Form Headings (01/08/10) (PDF, 61 KB)
- Decision Regarding the Final Disposition of LCSH Headings for Video Recordings (11/12/09) (PDF, 21 KB)
- Discussion Paper on the Disposition of LCSH Video Recording Headings in the New Genre/Form Environment (05/15/09) (PDF, 63 KB)
- SACO Proposals for Moving Image and Radio Program Genre/Form Headings (02/17/09)
- Library of Congress to Implement Moving Image and Radio Program Genre/Form Headings in New Cataloging
- Presentation at the OLAC-MOUG 2008 conference, September 26-28, 2008 (Janis Young) (PDF, 250 KB)
- Moving image genre/form project report (07/10/08)
- Genre/form headings for radio programs (04/09/08)
