Genre/form terms describe what a resource is, while subject headings describe what a resource is about. While genre/form vocabularies have been available for use in libraries for years, they were often only used in special collections cataloging, in favor of using subject headings to provide genre/form information. As the use of faceted vocabularies has become more popular, so has the use of genre/form terms. The presentation will provide an overview of using genre/form terms in resource description today. Topics covered include the difference between genre/form terms and subject headings, benefits of recording genre/form terms, and how terms are recorded in various schema (e.g., MARC 21, Dublin Core, and BIBFRAME). A variety of genre form thesauri will be featured from Library of Congress Genre Form Terms to more specialized vocabularies such as Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus, RBMS Controlled Vocabulary for Rare Materials Cataloging, and Genre Terms for Tabletop Games.
