Premise
In general, the preference is to use broad terms in lieu of specific terms. This supports clear terminology for browsing purposes, is easier to maintain and is based on feedback from usability studies on user preferences.
More specific terms may be used at the discretion of collection curators. Examples of such cases may include: adhering to larger community of practices (e.g ETDs, NDLTD), meeting users needs for a specific project (e.g. Americas, Chao Center, Patents) or to provide greater exposure for truly unique and rare materials (e.g. Roman coins item). Such determination may be subjective in nature though efforts should be made to use broad terms whenever possible.
Controlled vocabularies
Commonly used controlled vocabularies include:
DCMI Type Mapping
Notes on practice
Examples:
Title: Expressionism, Sight and Sound: The Exhibition Sewall Art Gallery Friday, January 30 through Friday, March 27, 1987 [Invitation]
dc.type.genre ephemera
dc.type.dcmi Text
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1911/78016
Title: Map of Battle of El Molino del Rey (issued 1850)
dc.description Battlefield map. Lithographed battle plan engraved by...
dc.type.genre maps
dc.type.dcmi Image
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1911/21772
Title: Broadside-Decree, S. Martin Xilotepeque, Guatemala, September 22, 1826
dc.type.genre broadsides
dc.type.dcmi Text
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1911/27581
Example:
Title: Athenian drachma coin used as model for Athenian owls on Rice Institute shield
dc.type.genre coins (money)
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1911/64885
- Clarification on travel documents
Per Getty AAT:
Travel Guidebooks: "Guidebooks aimed particularly at tourists or other leisure travelers."
Travel literature: "Accounts of journeys, voyages, and travels written to instruct, inform or entertain."
- Local terms that apply to ALL collections
the following genre terms should be used across all collection types (culture heritage and faculty publications) to ensure consistency at the repository level. these may differ from terms found in the Getty AAT.
- Journal article
- Book
- video recordings
- audio recordings
- Presentation
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