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• Graphic delineations at a set scale, of all or part of the earth or another celestial sphere indicating the relative position of selected artificial and natural features.

• An item printed solely as a means of advertising a product or service, but not an event (i.e., not to be used for performance-related flyers or posters such as theatre bills).

Use for: Templates

• Forms that have been printed blank, which may or may not have been filled in; the document was typically meant to be returned to the publisher (e.g., subscription lists, petitions).

• Published non-periodical volumes in bound codex form, usually with 49 or more pages.

• Single-sheet notices or announcements printed on one or both sides, intended to be read unfolded.

• Communication by the exchange of letters.

• Narrower terms include both physical media and genre categories but are limited to those which use drawing in the sense of a specific medium rather than in the everyday sense of graphic representation.

• Transient everyday items, usually printed and on paper, that are manufactured for a specific limited use, then often discarded. Includes everyday items that are meant to be saved, at least for a while, such as KEEPSAKES and STOCK CERTIFICATES.

• A short literary composition on a single subject, usually presenting the personal view of the author.

• Notes, often in books, kept by researchers or surveying parties while on site.

• Unbound volumes with fewer than five pages.

• A general designation for any photographic process. The narrower terms include both physical media and genre categories.

• Something perceptible by one or more of the senses, especially by vision or touch; a material thing.

• Graphic representations, especially of the face, of real persons, usually posed, living or dead. Pictures whose purpose is the portrayal of an individual or several people, not pictures that merely include people as part of an event or scene.

• Images formed by transfer from one surface or source to another. Usually created with ink(s) and produced in multiple impressions.

• Lists of the events, pieces, performers, speakers, etc., of an entertainment, ceremony, or the like.

• Something that has been transcribed, especially: Music. An adaptation of a composition. A recorded radio or television program. Linguistics. A representation of speech sounds in phonetic symbols.

• Ephemeral materials such as flyers, program books, daily newsletters, or newspapers that are distributed at conferences. For published records of conferences, including abstracts, reports, and the papers presented, see [Conference papers and proceedings.]

• Recordings of sounds or images made outside a controlled studio environment or professional performance venue that are generally unedited and typically made with portable equipment.

• Handouts and other ephemeral materials used in coursework.

Use for: Videos

• Collections of video recordings that are composed of multiple genres and/or forms to which more specific headings such as [Video recordings for the hearing impaired] cannot be applied.

Use for: Court rulings; Legal opinions; Judgments

Use for: Public addresses; Academic addresses; Orations; Talks

• Single or multi-sheet notices made to attract attention to events, activities, causes, goods, or services; also, purely decorative posters. For posting, usually in a public place; chiefly pictorial. Intended to make an immediate impression from a distance.

Use for: Agreements; Covenants, Collective agreements; Deeds

Use for: Watercolours; Oil paintings.

• Color paint applied by hand to a surface (support) such as paper, canvas, wood, glass, or other.

Use for: Daybooks; Journals; Logbooks

• A daily record, especially a personal record of events, experiences, and observations; a journal.

Use for: Newspaper clippings; Cuttings

• Objects with physical evidence suggesting extraction from a larger entity (e.g., books, newspapers).

Use for: Cinema, Films, Movies, Moving pictures.

Use for: Photograph albums, Scrapbooks, Autograph albums

• Bound or loose-leaf sets of pages. Includes handmade albums and published volumes of blank pages designed for the addition of images or keepsakes.

Use for: Magazines, Journals

• Serials usually issued at regular intervals and more frequently than annually.

Use for: Diplomas, charters

Use for: Radio programs