Implementing MARC 21 Fields 155 and 655, Genre/Form Terms: Terms for What Library Materials Are, and Not the Topic They are About Geraldine Ostrove Library of Congress June 23, 2007

Cataloging Policy and Support Office Web Page Announcement GENRE/FORM AUTHORITY RECORDS June 12,

Other Public Postings Related to the Genre/Form Initiative and the First Special Project MOVING IMAGES

Yee, Martha. Moving Image Materials: Genre Terms. Compiled by Martha M. Yee for the National Moving Image Database Standards Committee, National Center for Film and Video Preservation at the American Film Institute ; coordinated by Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, 1988.

Special Project RECORDED SOUND

Radio Form/Genre Terms Guide Compiled by the Recorded Sound Section, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Library of Congress

Typical Radio Form/Genre Terms Guide bibliographic headings: 655 #7 $a Children's programs $v Radio. $2 radfg 655 #7 $a Public service announcements $v Radio. $2 radfg

Special Project MUSIC

150 MUSIC AUTHORITY RECORD, EXAMPLE $a M285.5 $b M $a Duets (Unspecified instrument and piano) 450 $a Duets (Piano and unspecified instrument) 450 $a Piano and unspecified instrument music 450 $a Unspecified instrument and piano music

150 MUSIC AUTHORITY RECORD, EXAMPLE $a M115 $b M $a Harp music 360 $i headings for forms and types of music that include “ harp ” or “ harps ” and headings with medium of performance that include “ harp ” or “ harps ” 680 $i Here are entered compositions not in a specific form or of a specific type for solo harp, and collections of compositions in several forms or types for solo harp.

150 SAMPLE HEADING 053$aM217 $b M $aViolin and celesta music 450$aCelesta and violin music

Violin and celesta music as a topic Basic record 155 $a Violin and celesta music Records for topical uses 150 $a Violin and celesta music $v Discography 150 $a Violin and celesta music $x History and criticism

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