LCGFT

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LCGFT is the standard controlled vocabulary developed by the Library of Congress for describing the genre and form of library and archival materials.

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LCGFT canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Library of Congress standard
genre/form thesaurus
library controlled vocabulary
acronymFor Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
surface form: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials
appliesTo archival materials
library materials
availableAs MARC authority records
online resource
availableVia Library of Congress Linked Data Service
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
developedBy Library of Congress
domain information science
library science
fullName Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
surface form: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials
governedBy Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division
hasAbbreviation LCGFT self-link
hasFeature authorized forms of terms
hierarchical relationships between terms
scope notes for terms
variant terms as references
hasStructure thesaurus
hasTypeOfTerm form term
genre term
hasUpdatePolicy periodically revised and expanded
intendedFor catalogers
indexers
metadata librarians
isSeparateFrom Library of Congress Subject Headings
language English
maintainedBy Library of Congress
publisher Library of Congress
purpose to describe the form of resources
to describe the genre of resources
to provide a standard controlled vocabulary for genre/form terms
relatedTo Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms
Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
subjectArea genre/form access
supportsStandard MARC standards
surface form: MARC 21
usedBy archives
libraries
metadata specialists
museums
usedFor bibliographic description
resource discovery
subject cataloging
usedIn archival finding aids
library catalogs

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