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GSAFD


Vocabulary:

GSAFD Form and Genre Terms for Fiction, Drama, etc.

Description:

The Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction, Drama, etc., 2nd edition, (GSAFD) was published in 2000. The Guidelines constitute a recommendation for national standard practice in the provision of genre and subject access to individual works of fiction, drama, poetry, humor, and folklore.

In 2001, the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services created MARC21 authority records for the form and genre headings in chapter 1 to provide libraries with the ability to more fully implement the Guidelines and to provide enhanced access to works of fiction in library catalogs.

The source file is available on the Northwestern University Library GSAFD Web site. The MARC 21 file is named gsafd.mrc.

OCLC Terminology Services project records for GSAFD are based on a version of the file downloaded from Northwestern University Library. Records are used with permission.

The following sections contain links to sample GSAFD records and to interfaces and services that provide access to the GSAFD file.

Resources:

WorldCat

Representations (Sample Records)

Experimental Web Services

Experimental Interfaces

Project-Related Standards

Related Resources:

Contact Information

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