Definition: Works consisting of single or multi-sheet notices made to attract attention to events, activities, causes, goods, or services. They are for posting, usually in a public place and are chiefly pictorial. They are intended to make an immediate impression from a distance. Posters do not include poster presentations at conferences and meetings. (From Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II: Genre and Physical Characteristic Headings, 1995)
this heading is used as a Publication Type; Used by catalogers only; not for poster presentations at meetings; the Publication Types ADVERTISEMENTS & BROADSIDES are also available; posters as a subject are indexed under the main heading POSTERS AS TOPIC
