Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT)

Library of Congress, P., & Division, S. (2025). Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT).

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Reference work

Year

2025

Link

https://www.loc.gov/aba/publications/FreeLCGFT/freelcgft.html

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  • The Library of Congress maintains Genre/Form Terms (LCGFT), a controlled vocabulary kept deliberately separate from its subject headings and recorded in MARC field 655 rather than the topical 650 field

    This sourceLibrary of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials, a stand-alone genre/form vocabulary formally separated from LCSH.

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    “Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials is a stand-alone vocabulary that may be used in conjunction with any subject heading system and descriptive cataloging code.”

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