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Descriptor in English: Ephemera
Descriptor in Spanish: Efemérides
Descriptor in Portuguese: Efemérides
Descriptor in French: Publications éphémères
Tree number(s): V02.355
Scope note: Works consisting of transient everyday items, usually printed on paper, that are produced for a specific limited use and then often thrown away. (From Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing, 2d ed & The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983)
Annotation: This heading is used as a Publication Type. Ephemera as a subject are indexed under the main heading for the specific type of ephemeron such as ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; PAMPHLETS; etc. INDEXER: Do not use
History Note: 2008(1997)
DeCS UI: 33238
Descriptor UI: D019502
Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/21
Revision Date: 2015/06/05
Ephemera - Preferred
Concept UI M0028990
Scope note Works consisting of transient everyday items, usually printed on paper, that are produced for a specific limited use and then often thrown away. (From Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing, 2d ed & The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983)
Preferred term Ephemera



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