Policy on Genre Access Points

Created by Amanda Tome, last modified by Emily Sommers on Jan 19, 2023

Repositories should use the genre access points to increase discovery of archival material. Genre access points have been developed through conversation between members of the Discover Archives Steering Committee. It is suggested that repositories use the genre access points at all levels of description to ensure the discovery of their resources. The taxonomy are meant to use high level, user friendly terms:

• Architectural plans
• Audio
• Electronic records
• Film and video
• Maps
• Objects
• Photographs and art
• Publications
• Textual records
• Web archives

Additions to the list of terms will be discussed by the Discover Archives Steering Committee prior to being added.