RBMS Controlled Vocabularies: Genre Terms

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: Conditions of publication (Gathering term; do not assign)

:     SN: Gathering term; do not use; index under a narrower term.

Ephemera

    SN: Use for transient everyday items, usually printed on paper,
that are produced for a specific limited use and then often
thrown away.

. Advertisements

.. Advertising cards

..     HN: 1/05 Term added.

..     SN: Use for cards distributed by merchants or manufacturers to
.. advertise or promote their business or product, common
.. beginning in the late 19th century.

.. Advertising mail

.. Books printed as advertisements

..     SN: Use for books issued by advertisers, the contents of which
.. are not primarily advertising matter.

.. Booksellers' advertisements

..     SN: Use this term rather than "Publishers' advertisements" for
.. examples appearing before the roles of bookseller and
.. publisher were clearly differentiated.

.. Printers' advertisements

.. Prospectuses

..     HN: 7/00 Scope note and narrower terms "Book prospectuses" and
.. "Company prospectuses" added.

..     SN: Use for formal summaries of proposed commercial, literary,
.. or other ventures to solicit investment, purchase, or
.. participation.

... Book prospectuses

...     HN: 7/00 Term added.

...     SN: Use for printed descriptions or accounts, sometimes
... incorporating sample text or specimen pages, issued
... separately or as part of books or periodicals, to solicit
... subscription, purchase, or other patronage of forthcoming
... books.

... Company prospectuses

...     HN: 7/00 Term added.

...     SN: Use for formal summaries of proposed commercial ventures
... distributed to prospective investors or participants.

.. Publishers' advertisements

..     SN: Use "Booksellers' advertisements" rather than this term for
.. examples appearing before the roles of bookseller and
.. publisher were clearly differentiated.

.. Sales catalogs

... Auction catalogs

.... Book auction catalogs

....     HN: 6/98 Term added.

....     SN: Use for auction catalogs in which a majority of the items
.... listed are books.

... Booksellers' advertisements

...     SN: Use this term rather than "Publishers' advertisements" for
... examples appearing before the roles of bookseller and
... publisher were clearly differentiated.

... Booksellers' catalogs

...     SN: Use this term rather than "Publishers' catalogs" for
... examples appearing before the roles of bookseller and
... publisher were clearly differentiated.

... Manufacturers' catalogs

... Publishers' catalogs

...     SN: Use "Booksellers' catalogs" rather than this term for
... examples appearing before the roles of bookseller and
... publisher were clearly differentiated.

... Trade catalogs

.. Sample books

..     SN: Use for books of actual samples.

.. Type specimens

. Awards

. Blank forms

. Bookmarks

.     HN: Approved 6/2008

.     SN: Use for unattached devices intended to be inserted between
. leaves in a book as a place marker.

. Broadsides

.     SN: Use for separately published pieces of paper or other
. material, printed and intended to be read unfolded; usually
. intended to be posted, publicly distributed, or sold, e.g.,
. proclamations, handbills, ballad sheets, newssheets.

.. Broadside poems

... Calaveras

...     HN: 1/98 Term added.

...     SN: Use for satirical broadside poems, usually in the form of
... mock epitaphs, illustrated with skeleton caricatures and
... issued around the Day of the Dead.

.. Catchpenny prints

..     SN: Use for illustrated broadsides on themes of popular appeal,
.. printed from wood or metal cuts and sold cheaply.

.. Corantos

..     SN: Use for single-leaf forerunners of newspapers. For similar
.. items consisting of more than one leaf, use "Newsbooks.

.. Playbills

..     HN: 5/02 Added RT "Cast lists.

..     SN: Use for single-sheet items advertising plays, usually
.. announcing the cast.

.. Posters

. Certificates

.     SN: Use for documents containing certified statements of
. ownership, membership, fulfilled requirements, legal
. status, etc.

. Clippings

. Invitations

.     HN: 1/04 Term added.

.     SN: Use for printed or handwritten requests for one’s presence
. at an event.

. Menus

. Military orders

.     SN: Use for commands issued by a military superior.

. New Year addresses

.     SN: Use for verses in broadside or pamphlet form presented to
. patrons by trades- and service-people such as watchmen,
. lamplighters, bakers' boys, etc., around the start of the New Year, often to request a gratuity.

.. Carriers' addresses

..     SN: Use for verses in broadside or pamphlet form presented to
.. patrons by newspaper carriers, around the start of the New
.. Year, often to request a gratuity.

. Press releases

. Proclamations

.. Fast day proclamations

.. Thanksgiving day proclamations

. Programs

.     SN: Use for lists of the events, pieces, performers, speakers,
. etc., of an entertainment, ceremony, or the like.

.. Conference programs

.. Souvenir programs

..     SN: Use for programs distributed to commemorate a specific
.. event, e.g., the dedication of a monument.

.. Sporting event programs

.. Theater programs

. Schedules

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