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Guidelines For Olac Video Game Genre Terms (Olacvggt), Rosemary Groenwald, Jay L. Colbert, Eduardo Fojo, Julia Frankosky, Netanel Ganin, Rachel Jaffe, Charles Lemme, Neil Robinson, George Wrenn Oct 2018

Guidelines For Olac Video Game Genre Terms (Olacvggt), Rosemary Groenwald, Jay L. Colbert, Eduardo Fojo, Julia Frankosky, Netanel Ganin, Rachel Jaffe, Charles Lemme, Neil Robinson, George Wrenn

OLAC Publications and Training Materials

A thesaurus of video game genre terms with a corresponding MARC authority record.


Final Recommendations Of The Joint Mla/Olac 33x/34x Task Group, Joint Mla/Olac 33x/34x Task Group Sep 2018

Final Recommendations Of The Joint Mla/Olac 33x/34x Task Group, Joint Mla/Olac 33x/34x Task Group

OLAC Publications and Training Materials

The initial impetus for the formation of the task group came from Jay Weitz's request for input from both our groups as he was working on the OCLC-MARC update 2017, particularly in reference to the 23 additions to the Genre/Form Code and Term Source Codes list (http://www.loc.gov/standards/sourcelist/genre-form.html). This request led to the realization that best practices of both groups varied in regard to MARC 344 and 347. It seemed like a good idea to have both groups discuss these same issues together. The group considered 3 issues:

  1. Inconsistent treatment of RDA and non-RDA terms in MARC 344 and 347
  2. Consideration …


Best Practices For Cataloging Video Games Using Rda And Marc21, Greta De Groat, Marcia Barrett, Julie Renee Moore, Robert B. Freeborn, Emma Cross, Junghae Lee, Jared Cowing, Violet Fox, Neil Robinson Apr 2018

Best Practices For Cataloging Video Games Using Rda And Marc21, Greta De Groat, Marcia Barrett, Julie Renee Moore, Robert B. Freeborn, Emma Cross, Junghae Lee, Jared Cowing, Violet Fox, Neil Robinson

OLAC Publications and Training Materials

While a cataloger with experience handling different formats will find that many concepts extend to video games, there are a few ‘quirks’ to the format that those unfamiliar with video games should know about.


Best Practices For Cataloging Streaming Media Using Rda And Marc21, Erminia Chao, Rebecca Culbertson, Jennifer M. Eustis, Cyrus Ford, Annie Glerum, Ngoc-My Guidarelli, Mary Huismann, Stacie Traill, Donna Viscuglia, Jeannette Ho Apr 2018

Best Practices For Cataloging Streaming Media Using Rda And Marc21, Erminia Chao, Rebecca Culbertson, Jennifer M. Eustis, Cyrus Ford, Annie Glerum, Ngoc-My Guidarelli, Mary Huismann, Stacie Traill, Donna Viscuglia, Jeannette Ho

OLAC Publications and Training Materials

This document is intended to assist catalogers in creating records for streaming media according to instructions within Resource Description and Access (RDA), the successor to the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2).

NOTE: This document has been updated in 2022. The new version is available at

https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/olac-publications/25/


Library Of Congress Genre/Form Terms For Library And Archival Materials Lcgft Moving Image Genre-Form Terms, Scott M. Dutkiewicz Feb 2018

Library Of Congress Genre/Form Terms For Library And Archival Materials Lcgft Moving Image Genre-Form Terms, Scott M. Dutkiewicz

OLAC Publications and Training Materials

Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials LCGFT Moving Image Genre-Form Terms Updated through February 16, 2018 (Monthly List 02).