Modeling Continuing Resources in FRBR [and More]

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Modeling Continuing Resources in FRBR and More
Judith A. Kuhagen CPSO, Library of
Congress FRBR Workshop - OCLC May 2, 2005
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Continuing resources

• Bibliographic resource issued over time with no
  predetermined conclusion
• Serials
• Ongoing integrating resources

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Serial

• A continuing resource issued in a succession of
  discrete parts, usually bearing numbering, that
  has no predetermined conclusion.
• Includes magazines, electronic journals, annual
  reports, newspapers, monographic series

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Integrating resource

• A bibliographic resource that is added to or
  changed by means of updates that do not remain
  discrete and are integrated into the whole
• Continuing (or finite)
• Includes updating loose-leafs and updating Web
  sites

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Challenges of continuing resources?

• Seriality
• Number of records per cataloging codes
• Range of relationships, especially for serials

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Seriality

• Susceptibility to change over time
• Title(s)
• Responsible persons/bodies
• Publisher, manufacturer, etc.
• Numbering
• Content
• Physical carrier
• Etc.

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How is seriality of serials handled in cataloging
codes?

• Number of records
• One record, or
• Multiple (successive) records
• Description in record
• Based on latest issue, or
• Based on earliest issue

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How is seriality of integrating resources handled
in cataloging codes?

• Often not in general cataloging codes (e.g., not
  in AACR2 until Dec. 2002)
• Principle of single record based on latest (i.e.,
  current) iteration/state of resource
• Update single record as resource changes
• Reality sometimes multiple records for single
  resource due to difficulties in identification of
  resource

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What is a serial work?
RCA series on safe climbing (v. 1-7) changed
to Safe climbing series of the Rock
Climbing Association (v. 8-12) changed
to Safe climbing series of the RCA (no. 1-
3 works or 2 or 1?
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If work-ness is related to number of records

• If issues on previous slide cataloged per AACR2
  Dec. 2002 1 record based on v. 1
• If cataloged per AACR2 prior to Dec. 2002 3
  records, each based on earliest issue of each
  segment
• If cataloged prior to AACR 2 records one
  record for 1st 2nd titles based on v. 8
  another record for 3rd title

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Relationships of serials

• Earlier/later within the same serial
• Earlier/later beyond the same serial
• Mergers, splits
• Alternate editions
• Language
• Physical medium
• Reproductions
• Whole/part
• Considered most important by IFLA FRBR CR Group

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Earlier/later within the same serial

• Proposal consider that all segments of a serial
  (represented by one or multiple bibliographic
  records due to different methods of accommodating
  seriality) together equal one serial work
• Important
• Be able to find
• Be able to identify

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Earlier/later beyond the same serial

• Proposal doesnt mean condensing all serials into
  only a few mega-serials
• New serial works when chronological relationship
  is not a one-to-one relationship
• Mergers
• Splits

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Alternate editions

• Important beyond finding and identifying, being
  able to select
• Users preference/need for language
• Users preference/need for physical format

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Reproductions

• May not be issued/released with same mode of
  issuance as the original
• Should be considered as same to satisfy the
  users need to find and identify surrogate for
  the original
• Users need to select preference/need for
  different physical format

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Whole/part

• Some serials and integrating resources are
  aggregate resources (work of works), e.g.
• Monographic series volumes
• Journals issues, articles
• Loose-leaf services monographs, serials,
  integrating resources
• May or may be bibliographic record for resource
  as a whole local decision

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is component of
Continuing resource content
Title has has has Editorial version
Linguistic version
is published as represents Publication
has
Physical version general type
has Physical version
specific type is materialized
as Set of Individual Individual
issues issues, is part of issue
is part of bound together complete
is part of
Patrick Le Bœuf 25aug04
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Other resources with seriality?

• Yes, behavior not affected by intended end
• Finite integrating resources
• Multipart monographs
• Somewhat easier to manage
• Identifying what is a work/expression
• Number of records usually only one

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What adjustments to FRBR model?

• Acknowledging seriality of resources (noted in
  Areas for further study)
• Reconsidering some attributes
• Another mode of issuance streaming resources

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Acknowledging seriality

• Attributes of a manifestation now only for
  concurrent manifestations
• Different title, place of publication, publisher,
  series, physical medium, etc.
• Need concept of consecutive manifestations of
  same work/expression
• Change in title, place of publication, publisher,
  series, physical medium, etc.

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Reconsidering some attributes

• Redefining some expression attributes as
  belonging to manifestation, e.g.,
• Expected regularity of issue (serial)
• Expected frequency of issue (serial)
• Considering if edition/issue designation, now at
  manifestation level, should also be at expression
  level for some serials

proposal from the CONSER Task Force on FRBR and
Continuing Resources
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Streaming resources

• From work of Carol Van Nuys and her colleagues in
  Paradigma Project
• Consider
• Resources themselves vs. how resources
  represented by bibliographic records
• Attributes same or different?

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Non-bibliographic model

• Using work authority record next two slides as
  examples
• From Barbara Tilletts presentation at American
  Library Association (Jan. 2005)

http//www.ala.org/ala/alctscontent/serialssection
/serialscomm/ contresourcecata/2005midwintermeetin
g.htm
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Questions/Discussion?