2006 WebWise Los Angeles, CA 17 February 2006

1. 2006 WebWise Los Angeles, CA17 February 2006 FictionFinder: Don Quixote to Graphic Novels Diane Vizine-Goetz OCLC Research

2. FictionFinder • An OCLC experimental prototype • Supports searching & browsing of fiction materials cataloged in WorldCat • Employs FRBR to build a “work” view & cluster related records

3. Inspiration • Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records (FRBR) model • Conceptual model relating users tasks of retrieval & access to the structure and relationships of bibliographic and authority data • Developed by cataloging experts working under the auspices of IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) • Functional requirements for bibliographic records : final report issued by IFLA (1998)

4. FRBR in FictionFinder • Focuses on relationships between FRBR group 1 entities Work  Expression  Manifestation  Item • Work (The story ‘Don Quixote’) • Expression (English translation) • Manifestation (A specific edition) • Item (Does my library have a copy?)

5. OCLC FRBR work set algorithm used to cluster related records Original English Translation Illustrated edition Abridged edition Adaptation e¹ e² e³ e¹ Expressions Work² Work¹

6. Make the best use of WorldCat data • WorldCat • Authority records (several million) • Bibliographic records (60+ million) • Holdings data (over 1 billion) • FictionFinder • Fiction records — 2.8 million • Unique works — 1.4 million • Total holdings — 130 million

7. Top 10 works based on number of editions (manifestations) • Don Quixote / Cervantes • Robinson Crusoe / Daniel Defoe • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Lewis Carroll • Treasure Island / Robert Louis Stevenson • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Mark Twain • Adventures off Tom Sawyer / Mark Twain • Christmas Carol / Charles Dickens • Oliver Twist / Charles Dickens • Uncle Tom’s Cabin / Harriet Beecher Stowe • David Copperfield / Charles Dickens

8. Top 10 works based on number of library holdings • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Mark Twain (5) • Don Quixote / Cervantes (1) • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Lewis Carroll (3) • Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Mark Twain (6) • Robinson Crusoe / Daniel Defoe (2) • Moby Dick / Herman Melville • Little Women / Louisa May Alcott • Christmas Carol / Charles Dickens (7) • Wuthering Heights / Emily Bronte • Pride and Prejudice / Jane Austen

9. What’s in* Fiction Drama Novels Short stories Text Including eBooks Sound Audiobooks & cassettes, etc. • What’s out* • Works about fiction, drama, etc. • Movies, films, video • Music *Based on coding in MARC records

10. Features • Work level records used in displays, navigation, and indexing • Default ranking is by library holdings • Special indexes for fiction • Links to Find in a Library Web Service

11. Alphabetical browse display in redesigned interface

12. Nearly 20,000 works retrieved The work record for Don Quixote represents 2,300+ editions

13. Don Quixote work view aggregates information from 2,367 editions in 40,212 libraries

14. Don Quixote work view limited to Spanish language editions ordered by latest publication date

15. Edition (manifestation) record display Link to OCLC WorldCat Find in a Library Service

17. Results ranked by library holdings More than 500 libraries

18. Reordered by title 9146 libraries 2368 libraries 211 libraries 5 libraries

19. Special indexes for fiction

20. Related works linked

22. Future: Expand & Enhance • Broaden definition of fiction (e.g., add film & video, music & dance) • Critical & related works • External and user-supplied content • User customization

23. Or Disaggregate & Modularize Services or Snippets • genres, subjects, characters & settings • related works (e.g., prequels/sequels) • holdings • forms & formats

24. Links OCLC FictionFinder • Interface http://fictionfinder.oclc.org • Project page http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/frbr/fictionfinder.htm