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Introduction
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- The Archives Catalogue includes a controlled list of genre terms that support browsing and searching 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.
- 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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