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Technical Definition
Specifies the genre of the publication at the broadest level, i.e. whether a newspaper, periodical or magazine. The British Library Newspaper Programme used the following ISO standard definition of a newspaper to decide which titles formerly held at the Newspaper Library were newspapers: “a serial publication which contains news of current events of special or general interest. The individual parts are listed chronologically or numerically and usually appear at least once a week. Newspapers usually appear without a cover, with a masthead, and are normally larger than 297mm x 420mm in size”. Newspapers usually appear without a cover, with a masthead, and are normally larger than 297mm x 420mm in size” [Sagendorf and Moore, 7].
For Delpher, a newspaper must meet the following criteria: it must be a product from the printing press, in multiple identical copies (therefore not handwritten); it must be published periodically (in the seventeenth century that normally starts at once a week, but later more frequently to even twice a day in the early twentieth century, and on a fixed day of the week); its content has to have news and has to be for a wide audience; and it must be publicly available (“Selection Criteria”).
The Australian Newspaper Plan libraries have adopted the following definition of a newspaper, similarly drawn from the ISO standard definition but with several expansions: “A newspaper is a serial publication which contains news on current events of special or general interest. The individual parts are listed chronologically or numerically and appear frequently usually at least once a week but sometimes fortnightly or monthly. Traditionally newspapers are printed on newsprint paper, usually appear without a cover, folded rather than bound together, with a masthead, and are normally larger than 297 mm x 420 mm in size. They may include supplements such as colour magazines, or other inserts for special features or events.”
Category Notes
This field is common in METS files and the British Library adapted Dublin Core files. In METS, it is an optional attribute rather than an element. URI: loc.gov/standards/mets/docs/mets.v1-5.html#metsType. In MODS, it is a top-level element: loc.gov/standards/mods/userguide/genre.html. For the suggested MARC genres, see: loc.gov/standards/valuelist/marcgt.html.
Individual Collection Notes
B1GP: In this collection, the genre specified refers to alternate title for this newspaper.
B2GP: In this collection, the genre specified refers to alternate title for this newspaper.
HNDM: The multiple-choice options are periodico and monografia.
TRME: The same field name is used to describe both the file and also related items.
Instantiations
| B1GL | issue\citation\typeOfPublication\ | MCH | Newspaper |
| B1GP | PubInfo\VariantTitles\Format | MCH | Newspaper |
| B1JI | BL_newspaper\BL_page\title_metadata\typeofPublication | MCH | Newspaper |
| B2GL | issue\citation\typeOfPublication | MCH | Newspaper |
| B2GP | PubInfo\VariantTitles\Format | MCH | Newspaper |
| EUME | METS:mets@TYPE | MCH | Newspaper |
| EUME | METS:mets\mets:dmdSec\mets:mdWrap\mets:xmlData\mods\mods:genre | STR | newspaper issue |
| EUME | METS:mets\mets:structMap[@LABEL=“Physical Structure” @TYPE=“PHYSICAL”]\mets:div@TYPE | MCH | Newspaper |
| EUME | METS:mets\mets:structMap[@LABEL=“Logical Structure” @TYPE=“LOGICAL”]\mets:div@TYPE | MCH | Newspaper |
| F2AL | pageOCRDATA\metadata\contentType | STR | serial |
| HNDM | $.publication.tipoPublicacion | MCH | Monografía |
| HNDM | $.publication.pagina.tipoPublicacion | MCH | Monografía |
| HNME | METS:mets\METS:dmdSec\METS:mdWrap\METS:xmlData\DC:category | MCH | Monografias |
| PPME | mets@TYPE | MCH | Newspaper |
| PPME | mets\structMap[@LABEL=“Logical Structure” @TYPE=“LOGICAL”]\div@TYPE | MCH | Newspaper |
| PPME | mets\structMap\div@TYPE | MCH | Newspaper |
| SBME | mets:mets\mets:dmdSec\mets:mdWrap\mets:xmlData\mods:mods\mods:classification | MCH | Zeitungen |
| SBME | mets:mets\mets:structMap[@TYPE=“LOGICAL”]\mets:div@TYPE | MCH | newspaper |
| SBMA | mets:mets\mets:dmdSec\mets:mdWrap\mets:xmlData\mods:mods\mods:classification | MCH | Zeitungen |
| SBMA | mets:mets\mets:structMap\mets:div@TYPE | MCH | newspaper |
| SBMY | mets:mets\mets:structMap\mets:div@TYPE | MCH | newspaper |
| TDAG | issue@contentType | MCH | Newspaper |
| TRME | mets:mets\mets:dmdSec\mets:mdWrap\mets:xmlData\mods:mods\mods:genre | STR | newspaper issue |
| TRME | mets:mets\mets:dmdSec\mets:mdWrap\mets:xmlData\mods:mods\mods:relatedItem\mods:genre | MCH | newspaper |