FRBR and Your Library

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FRBR and Your Library

• Tami Morse McGill
• University of Wyoming Libraries
• Nancy Chaffin
• Colorado State University Libraries

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Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
(FRBR)

• Published in 1998 by the International Federation
  of Library Associations (IFLA) Section on
  Cataloging
• Available online in PDF at www.ifla.org/VII/s13/f
  rbr/frbr.pdf

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FRBR?

• A conceptual model
• User focused approach
• Entity-relationship model
• Entities
• 3 groups of entities

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Group I Entities

• Work
• Expression
• Manifestation
• Item

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WORK
EXPRESSION
is realized through
MANIFESTATION
is embodied in
ITEM
is exemplified by
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Shostakovichs Symphony no. 4, op.43
Philadelphia Orchestra Nov. 1994
is realized through
CD / Deutsche Grammophone 2002
is embodied in
Copy held by Ft. Collins PL
is exemplified by
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Copy held by Ft. Collins PL
CD / Deutsche Grammophone 2002
is an example of
Philadelphia Orchestra Nov. 1994
is an embodiment of
Shostakovichs Symphony no. 4, op.43
is a realization of
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Group II Entities

• Person
• Corporate Body

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WORK
EXPRESSION
MANIFESTATION
ITEM
is owned by
PERSON
is produced by
CORPORATE BODY
is realized by
is created by
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Group III Entities

• Concept
• Object
• Event
• Place

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WORK
CONCEPT
OBJECT
Has as subject
EVENT
PLACE
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So How Is FRBR User Focused?

• User Tasks
• Find
• Identify
• Select
• Obtain

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Presentation of FRBR

• OCLCs FictionFinder
• VTLS and other ILS vendors
• Proprietary portal systems (in development)

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What Would a FRBR Search Tool Look Like?

• An Example OCLCs FictionFinder
• http//www.fictionfinder.oclc.org

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FictionFinder Harry Potter Work Record
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FictionFinder Harry Potter Expressions
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FictionFinder English Manifestations
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FictionFinder Specific Manifestations
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FictionFinder Browse for Other Titles
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FictionFinder Back to the Work
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FictionFinderand the Manifestation
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How FictionFinder Uses FRBR

• Based on existing bibliographic records in
  WorldCat (a selected subset)
• Keys for Works derived from title and author
  data in those records
• Records are grouped by matching their keys
• Full details at the FictionFinder page
• http//www.oclc.org/research/projects/frbr/fiction
  finder.htm
• and in the OCLC Work-set Algorithm
• http//www.oclc.org/research/projects/frbr/algorit
  hm.htm

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How Do We Get There From Here?

• Is our current catalog data robust enough to
  support FRBRization?
• Will our collections benefit from presentation
  according to the FRBR model?
• In particular, will the parts of our collection
  that support CSUs areas of emphasis benefit from
  FRBRization?
• How much manual work will be required, before and
  after any automated processes are applied?

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Whats Been Done

• OCLC Work Set Algorithm http//www.oclc.org/resear
  ch/projects/frbr/algorithm.htm
• LC FRBR Display Tool http//www.loc.gov/marc/marc-
  functional-analysis/tool.html
• Case Studies

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What We Have Now

• Most of our bibliographic records are from OCLC,
  but we also have
• RLIN records
• Mini-bibs more minimal that OCLCs minimal
  level
• Like OCLC, we have records created under
  cataloging rules that have changed over time
• Sciences, not literature or music

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Assumptions

• Conversion to FRBR must be based on existing data
• Conversion must be automated as much as possible
• Existing bibliographic records are primarily
  manifestation records
• Data organization and display are two separate
  but related problems the display can only be
  useful if the data is organized well

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How Were Trying FRBR Out

• Choose a set of records to test Classical
  literature, around 3800 records
• Build work keys and expression keys, using a
  custom tool we developed
• Match records on keys
• Look for mismatches, missed matches
• Examine the number of works, and the number of
  expressions, compared to the number of bib records

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Preliminary Results and Observations

• 3335 expressions with a single manifestation
• 418 expressions with multiple manifestations
• Highest number of manifestations for one
  expression 846 (Homers Odyssey, English
  translations)

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Preliminary Results and Observations 2

• Cant FRBRize piecemeal
• Did Plato write classical literature or
  philosophy?
• What about general sets classed in the As?
• Expressions are hard to distinguish
• The transition is complicated!

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References

• IFLA, 1996, Functional Requirements of
  Bibliographic Records, Final Report
• http//www.ifla.org/VII/s13/frbr/frbr.htm
• OCLC, 2005, OCLC Research Activities and IFLA's
  Functional Requirements for Bibliographic
  Records
• http//www.oclc.org/research/projects
• /frbr/default.htm
• Library of Congress, 2005, MARC and FRBR
• http//www.loc.gov/marc/marc-functional-analysis
  /
• FRBR Review Group, 2003, FRBR Bibliography
• http//www.ifla.org/VII/s13/wgfrbr/
• bibliography.pdf

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Contact Information

• Tami Morse McGill
• Catalog Librarian
• tmorsemc_at_uwyo.edu
• Nancy Chaffin
• Metadata Librarian
• Nancy.Chaffin_at_ColoState.edu