Definition: 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)
this heading is used as a Publication Type. Used by catalogers only; ephemera as a subject is indexed under main heading for specific type of ephemeron such as ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; PAMPHLETS; etc
ExamplesAdvertisements; Letter; Posters; Programs; Prospectuses