Home: Taxonomies & Controlled Vocabularies SIG
An ASI special interests group on Controlled Vocabularies, Taxonomies, and Thesauruses.
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Manual for cataloguing images (From the LOC Genre/Form Terms PDF Files)
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Manual for preferred terms (From the LOC Genre/Form Terms PDF Files)
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Manual for assigning subject terms (From the LOC Genre/Form Terms PDF Files)
Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms PDF Files
The Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT) is now a separate product but was for several years part of the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). LCSH is perhaps the most widely adopted subject indexing language in the world, has been translated into many languages, and is used around the world by libraries large and small. LCSH has been actively maintained since 1898 to catalog materials held at the Library of Congress. Proposals for additions and changes are reviewed regularly at staff meetings in the Policy and Standards Division (PSD) and an approved list is published.