In this Issue

Table of Contents

Introduction

Pauline Rafferty, Philip Hider, Deborah Lee
pp. 1-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2025.a970673
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Genres as Shape: Forms, Norms, and Connoisseurship

Andrew Dillon
pp. 4-21
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2025.a970674
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Attributes of Genre: A Cross-Domain Analysis

Philip Hider, Phillipa Barlow
pp. 22-40
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2025.a970675
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Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: The Future Is Faceted

Amy Phillips, Dorie Kurtz
pp. 41-52
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2025.a970676
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Testing Genre and Form Term Mapping between the Library of Congress Subject Headings and Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Automatic Metadata Enhancement

Sarah Hovde, Sai Deng, Mingyan Li, Casey Mullin, Laura Murff
pp. 53-78
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2025.a970677
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From Decimal to Dynamic: A Systematic Review of Genrefication in School Libraries

Kasey L. Garrison, Krystal Gagen-Spriggs, Kay Oddone
pp. 79-106
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2025.a970678
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Fiction Genre: From the Academy to the Library

Pauline Rafferty
pp. 107-122
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2025.a970679
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When Is It Genre? Complicating the Categorization of Fan-Generated Metadata

Melissa Nelson, Julia Bullard
pp. 123-147
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2025.a970680
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Webtoon Romance Reading and New Ways to Look at Genre Reading

Hyerim Cho, Denice Adkins, Alicia K. Long, Diogenes Da Silva Santos
pp. 148-169
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2025.a970681
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Film Genre Prediction and Analysis Using Multimodal Embeddings from Large Models: The Case of Noir

Paul Matthews, Kathrina Glitre
pp. 170-192
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2025.a970682
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Genres, Forms, Types, and Somewhere in Between: Exploring the Category of "Musical Genre" for Organizing Bibliographic Music Collections

Deborah Lee
pp. 193-223
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2025.a970683
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Genres of Digital Humanities Scholarship: Are We There Yet?

Katrina Fenlon
pp. 224-248
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2025.a970684
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