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Article

Publication Date

2025

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The Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms (LCGFT) vocabulary is among the most prominent genre vocabularies used in library cataloging. To investigate how the current application of LCGFT affects users’ genre access, we gathered data from library patrons, library staff, and parties involved in genre creation and use. The results demonstrate that patrons actively seek out genre materials in libraries, often via library catalogs, and that LCGFT has room for growth and expansion that might enhance patrons’ search experience.

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© 2025 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

The article was originally published as: Tomaras, Deborah, Allison Bailund, Joshua Bergmann, Abby Dover, Steven W. Holloway, and C. Rockelle Strader. 2025. “Genre Audiences, LCGFT and User Warrant: An Exploratory Study.” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, July, 1–31. doi:10.1080/01639374.2025.2521297.

ORCID:

  • Deborah Tomaras: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0351-2343
  • Allison Bailund: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7277-2673
  • Joshua Bergmann: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5633-3608
  • Abby Dover: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8010-857X
  • Steven W. Holloway: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7139-2625
  • C. Rockelle Strader: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-7078

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