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FRBR : A Review

FRBR : A Review. Joy Kim University of Southern California. What is FRBR?. F unctional R equirements for B ibliographic R ecords A Conceptual model for a new approach to organizing recorded knowledge. Why Change?. Bibliographic Universe much more diverse and complex than before

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FRBR : A Review

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  1. FRBR : A Review Joy Kim University of Southern California

  2. What is FRBR? • Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records • A Conceptual model for a new approach to organizing recorded knowledge

  3. Why Change? • Bibliographic Universe much more diverse and complex than before • Information technology offers better ways to manage records (no longer the limitations of the Card Catalog) • Shared cataloging environment calls for common shared understanding • Increased user expectations

  4. Who Wrote FRBR? • IFLA Study Group on FRBR (of IFLA Section on Cataloging) • Six-Year Study Completed in 1997 & published in 1998 http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/wgfrbr/wgfrbr.htm

  5. Why Discuss FRBR Now? • An important major topic embraced by the international bibliographic community • Impacts all of us (slowly but surely!)—ISBD, RDA, MARC, etc. • The records we create now have lasting consequences • CEAL never discussed it as a group

  6. FRBR in a Nutshell • Entity-Relationship Model • Entities: Group 1, 2, 3 • Relationships • Attributes • User Tasks • Find • Identify • Select • Obtain • Navigate • National Level Record • Elements (mandatory & optional data)

  7. Objects of Interest (Entities) to Catalog Users • Work(an intellectual/artistic creation) • Expression(the realization of a work) • Manifestations(the physical embodiment of an expression of a work) • Items(a single exemplar of a manifestation)

  8. Example w1. Miura Ayako’s Hyōten 三浦绫子. 冰點. e1. Chinese translation e2. Korean translation m1. the book published by 汎友社 m2. the book published by 三民社 i1. copy autographed by the author

  9. Relationships: • Structural relationships • Responsibility relationships • Subject relationships • Whole/Part relationships

  10. FRBRizing: Application of FRBR Concepts • Implementation Examples • AustLit Gateway • Virtua • OCLC’s Fiction Finder and Worldcat Similar Versions • RLG’s RedLightGreen • LC’s FRBR Display Tool • BIBSYS FRBR project

  11. OCLC Fiction Finderhttp://fictionfinder.oclc.org/ A prototype system developed for 2.5+ million bibliographic records for fiction that have been clustered at the work level

  12. Fiction Finder Works Expressions

  13. Expressions

  14. Manifestations (could be Expressions)

  15. Worldcat Similar Versions Trial Work Expressions

  16. Types of Works in Worldcatby Ed. O’Neill, FRBR Workshop, May 2005 • 78% of works have only a Single Manifestation • 16% of works have only a Single Expression but Multiple Manifestations • 6% of works have Multiple Expressions • Revisions (53%) • Translations (26%) • Aggregates or Collected Works (9%) • Augmentations (2%)

  17. Ed O’Neill’s 2002 Study on FRBRizing Humphry Clinker • Aggregating Works, Manifestations, Items improves bibliographic organization and navigation • Expressions are much harder to identify due to lack of information or detail in bibliographic records

  18. Implications for Catalogers • Consistent cataloging practice • Accuracy of data • Added entries & details, such as • Bibliography/Bibliographic note • Chronological table • Glossary • Illustrations/List of illustrations • Introduction/Foreword • Maps • Notes • Publisher’s note • Table of contents • Reproduction of original title page • Reviews • Analytics • Uniform titles • Authority Work

  19. Other Related IFLA Studies • Functional Requirements of Authority Numbering and Records (FRANAR) • Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR)

  20. For More Information • IFLA Division of Bibliographic Control http://www.ifla.org/VII/d4/dbc.htm • LC MARC and FRBR http://www.loc.gov/marc/marc-functional-analysis/ • OCLC FRBR Projects http://www.oclc.org/research/ projects/frbr/

  21. Thank You! Questions or Comments? Contact: Joy Kim joykim@usc.edu 213-740-2329

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