LC Genre/Form Headings for Moving Images Best Practices Task Force
Charge:
This task force will investigate and make recommendations for best practices in implementing Library of Congress genre/form (655) headings for moving image materials, including, but not limited to:
- Developing fuller guidelines for use of LC genre/form headings for moving images, focusing on tricky situations
- Providing more extensive examples of use of these headings
- Making recommendations for potentially controversial situations or where options are provided for
Working Documents:
Related resources:
- List of LCSH Moving Image Genre-Form Headings compiled by Scott M. Dutkiewicz
- "Two Genre and Form Lists for Moving Image and Broadcast Materials: a Comparison" by Martha Yee, discusses LCSH and MIGFG genre/form terms for moving images and provides an overview of many relevant issues
- E-list for form/genre issues sponsored by the ALCTS-CCS Subject Analysis Committee Subcommittee on Genre/Form Implementation at http://lists.ala.org/sympa/info/form-genre
- Library of Congress instructions on Moving Image Genre/Form Headings (H1913) (draft online at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/h1913.pdf and current version available from Cataloger's Desktop)
Task Force Members:
Bill Anderson, Chair
Karen Gorss Benko
Scott M. Dutkiewicz
Jeannette Ho
Susan Wynne
Greta de Groat, advisor
Beth Flood, liaison from ALA/ALCTS-CCS Subject Analysis Committee Subcommittee on Genre/Form Implementation
Martha Yee, advisor
Janis Young, liaison from the Library of Congress
