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Introduction
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- The Archives Catalogue
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- includes a controlled list of
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- genre
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- terms that support
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- browsing
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- and
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- searching
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- the Archives Permanent Collection.
- The Archives derived its initial list of genre terms from the list of Basic Genre Terms for Cultural Heritage Materials created to support the Library of Congress' American Memory project.
This page includes instructions on how to:
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- The Archives also sources genre terms from the Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT).
Create a new genre access point in the Archives Catalogue
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Only editors and administrators of the Archives Catalogue can create new genre access points.
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| Information element | Description | Dalhousie guidelines |
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| Elements area | ||
| Taxonomy | Select the genre taxonomy from the auto-complete list. | Mandatory |
| Name | Enter the name of the genre term. Limit terms to those included in the following list of basic genre headings for cultural heritage materials. | Mandatory |
| Use for | Create one or more non-preferred terms. When users attempt to add the non-preferred term to a record, the preferred term will be added instead. Similarly, if users search on the non-preferred term, AtoM will automatically substitute the preferred term | Optional |
| Code | Do not use | Do not use |
| Scope note(s) | Enter descriptive information about the genre term, derived from the Library of Congress website for basic genre headings for cultural heritage materials. | Mandatory |
| Source note(s) | Enter the source of the genre term. Default is: Basic genre terms for cultural heritage materials (Library of Congress) | Mandatory |
| Display note(s) | Do not use | Do not use |
| Relationships area | ||
| Broad term | Do not use | Do not use |
| Related term(s) | Do not use | Do not use |
| Converse term | Do not use | Do not use |
| Add new narrow terms | Do not use | Do not use |
Add a genre access point to an archival description
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Note: if you type the full name of an existing term and press enter (instead of selecting from the list), you can accidentally create a duplicate term.
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