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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

- Find the Guidelines in WorldCat

#### Representations (Sample Records)

- MARC21 MARC-XML
- SKOS RDF-XML
- Zthes XML

#### Experimental Web Services

- Web Services Pilot
- GSAFD terms and LCSH co-occurrence mapping

#### Experimental Interfaces

- OAICat interface to records

#### Project-Related Standards

- OCLC Project-Related Standards

#### Related Resources:

- American Library Association
- ALCTS releases MARC21 Authority Records for GSAFD Genre Terms (ALA news release)
- Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction, Drama, etc., 2nd Edition (ALA store)
- MARC 21 Authority Records for GSAFD Genre Terms (ALCTS document)
- Northwestern University Library (Files for public download)
- Northwestern University Library GSAFD Web site

## Contact Information

Please send comments or questions to: kos@oclc.org.