Hello all, For those institutions which use Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms when cataloging maps and other cartographic resources, this change applies to you. Essentially, maps, aerial views, etc., etc. are now all subsumed under a higher term, "Visual works." It doesn't change how we apply genre/form terms when cataloging cartographic resources, but places those resources under the broader category of visual works. Read the full announcement for further details. Best, Louise Louise Ratliff Social Sciences and Map Catalog Librarian UCLA Library Cataloging & Metadata Center 1802 Life Sciences Building Box 957230 Los Angeles, CA 90095-7230 (310)206-5853 From: OnLine Audiovisual Catalogers electronic discussion list. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Young, Janis Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2017 9:06 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [OLAC-L] LC Genre/Form Terms for Artistic and Visual Works [This message is being sent to multiple lists; please excuse the duplication. Feel free to forward it to other lists or to individuals, as appropriate.] Since early 2007, the Library of Congress has been developing Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT), whose terms describe what something is rather than what it is about, as subject headings do. In February 2018 the Policy and Standards Division (PSD) will approve approximately 50 new genre/form terms for artistic and visual works. This genre/form project is a collaboration undertaken by PSD and the Cataloging Advisory Committee of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA). PSD wholeheartedly thanks the members of the Committee for their time and effort. The proposed terms appear on Tentative List 1802a (http://classificationweb.net/tentative-subjects/1802a.html), to be approved on February 16, 2018. PSD is requesting comments from the library community; please email Janis L. Young at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> through February 2, 2018. For the full announcement, including a description of the scope of the project, please see LC's website at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/artvisualgenreform.html Janis L. Young Policy and Standards Division Library of Congress ******************************************************************** This message was posted through the OCLC list server. If you wish to change your subscription, please send a message to the Listserv service at: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> (NOTE that this is NOT the OLAC-L list address) with one of the following in the body of the message: "unsubscribe OLAC-L" to unsubscribe; "set OLAC-L digest" to receive OLAC-L in digest form; "set OLAC-L nomail" to set your options to no mail; "set OLAC-L mail" to restart your mail. You may also subscribe or unsubscribe to other OCLC mailing lists at https://www.oclc.org/forms/internet-subscription.en.html. To contact the list owners directly please send your message to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>