Fiction Genres in Bookstores and Libraries: A Comparison of Commercial and Professional Classifications

作者
Philip Hider & Barbara Spiller
出版日期
2020
內容

The genres and subgenres used to organize fiction in seven online bookstores, as well as by the OCLC network and in Wikipedia, are compared with those covered by the Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms (LCGFT). The genres assigned to a sample of common titles were also compared. The genre schemes of the bookstores and Wikipedia differed markedly from LCGFT and the OCLC list, while the genres used for particular titles differed markedly even amongst bookstores. As well as differences due to domain, geography would also appear to be a major factor.

刊名
Cataloging & Classification Quarterly
關鍵字
Library of Congress genre/form terms; fiction; genres; bookstores; Wikipedia; OCLC WorldCat
網址連結
發布日期:2020年12月25日 最後更新:2020年12月30日