Library Technical Services

Scope:  These are terms that LTS Special Materials Unit staff commonly apply as tracings (when appropriate) for rare books. Terms are from the thesauri published by the Bibliographic Standards Committee, Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, Association of College and Research Libraries, American Library Association. Other terms from the RBMS thesauri may also be used when called for.

Contact: Margaret Nichols

Unit: LTS Special Materials

Date last updated: 03/27/08

Date of next review: March 2009

Genre Terms
(Coded 655 _7 , with $2rbgenr at end)

We typically subdivide genre terms by country and century. For 20th-century novels, we subdivide the terms by country and decade. Each decade runs from 19x1 to 19x0.

Examples:
Plays—France—18th century.$2rbgenr
Novels—England—1901-1910.$2rbgenr

• Broadsides
• Dialogues
• Fables
• Fast day sermons
• Fiction [used for short stories]
• Fourth of July addresses
• Fourth of July sermons
• Legislative addresses
• Novels
• Plays
• Poems
• Prospectuses
• Publishers' catalogs
• Satires
• Sermons
• Songs
• Thanksgiving sermons
• Three deckers

Provenance Terms
(Coded 655 _7, with $2rbprov at end)

• Authors' presentation copies (Provenance)
• Presentation copies (Provenance)
• Prize books (Provenance)

Binding Terms
(Coded 655 _7, with $2rbbin at end)

• Clasps (Binding)

Printing and Publishing Evidence
(Coded 655 _7, with $2rbpri at end)

• Galley proofs (Printing)
• Proofs (Printing)