1	FRBR; or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the model Jenn Riley Metadata Librarian IU Digital Library Program jenlrile@indiana.edu
2	Agenda Introduction to FRBR ALCTS preconference summary Current FRBR-ish activities So how is this going to affect me?
3	Agenda Introduction to FRBR ALCTS preconference summary Current FRBR-ish activities So how is this going to affect me?
4	What is FRBR? Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records Either F-R-B-R or “Ferber” A report in 7 languages (soon to add simplified and traditional Chinese) A “conceptual model” entities attributes relationships
5	Contents of FRBR Report Introduction Objectives, Scope, and Methodology Entities Attributes Relationships User Tasks Basic Requirements for National Bibliographic Records
6	User Tasks FRBR Find Identify Select Obtain Cutter To enable a person to find a book of which either the author the title the subject ...is known To show what the library has by a given author on a given subject in a given kind of literature To assist in the choice of a book as to its edition (bibliographically) as to its character (literary or topical)
7	Group 1 Entities
8	Borders between entities can be unclear New preface New illustrations Braille Screenplay Work<->Work relationships Serials? Does everything represent a “work”?
9	Expression entity problems FRBR report, p. 19: “Strictly speaking, any change in intellectual or artistic content constitutes a change in expression. Thus, if a text is revised or modified, the resulting expression is considered to be a new expression, no matter how minor the modification may be.” Some call for merging/removal of expression entity, but MUCH resistance from FRBR folk
10	Group 2 Entities Person Corporate body
11	Group 3 Entities Groups 1 & 2 entities Concept Object Event Place
12	Agenda Introduction to FRBR ALCTS preconference summary Current FRBR-ish activities So how is this going to affect me?
13	ALCTS FRBR preconference agenda Overview of FRBR Reasons behind FRBR Practical considerations Example applications
14	Some highlights (1) Allyson Carlyle (U. Washington): reservations about the expression entity from experience teaching library school students Glenn Patton (OCLC): Why FRBR? Clearer understanding of why we do what we do Better collocation and navigation Clearer, more useful relationships More controlled, authoritative information for productivity
15	Some highlights (2) Tom Delsey (independent consultant): areas revisited Record type Material type Objectives of the catalog Syndetic structure Core record Sally McCallum (LC): FRBR & MARC LC-commissioned MARC mapping suggested extensions to FRBR to accommodate all MARC21 elements FRBRizer performed poorly for music Jennifer Bowen (Rochester): “Is FRBR really coming? It’s already here!”
16	Agenda Introduction to FRBR ALCTS preconference summary Current FRBR-ish activities So how is this going to affect me?
17	Implementations & related projects OCLC FictionFinder RLG RedLightGreen AustLit Gateway VTLS Virtua ILS system III Millennium 2005 ILS system IU Variations2
18	“Official” adoption Functional Analysis of the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Holdings Formats Performed by Tom Delsey (AACR3 editor) Commissioned by LC Joint Steering Committee for Revision of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules Incorporating FRBR terminology and concepts Work OK Expression, Manifestation new Item definition changed Format Variation Working Group (Feb. 2001-June 2004) “Catalog” or “collocate” expressions Differences in opinion between domains CC:DA Task Force on FRBR Terminology ALA group reviewing and responding to JSC work
19	Flurry of Activity October 2004 issue of LRTS will contain papers based on ALCTS preconference presentations C&CQ Vol 39, No. 3-4, 2004 will be a topical issue on FRBR Lots of other presentations and papers Work on FRBR for authorities: FRANAR
20	Current FRBR Working Groups Expression entity Continuing resources Teaching and training Subject relationships FRBR/CRM dialogue
21	Agenda Introduction to FRBR ALCTS preconference summary Current FRBR-ish activities So how is this going to affect me?
22	How many records are affected? 78% of works have a single manifestation 99% of all works in WorldCat have seven manifestations or less 30,000, or <1% have more than 20 manifestations R. Bennett et. al. (2003) "The concept of a work in WorldCat: an application of FRBR" Library Collections Acquisitions & Technical Services 27, 45-59. So why do we need FRBR?
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24	End-users ILL Holds Allow better distinction between content and carrier FRBR-ized catalog vs. disambiguation process
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30	Cataloging Non-MARC environments Many already doing FRBR-like things Tend to have lots of programming support MARC environments Need more innovation from ILS vendors Catalogers used to looking at 1 record (maybe 2) showing everything Need to provide complex relationships when necessary, hide when not Legacy records
31	So what do I do now? Learn more!
32	Some presentations at ALCTS preconference FRBR: Coming Soon to YOUR Library? Jennifer Bowen, University of Rochester FRBR and the Bibliographic Universe, or, How to Read FRBR as a Model Allyson Carlyle, Information School, University of Washington Differentiating Libraries through Enriched User Searching; FRBR as the next dimension in meaningful Information Retrieval Vinod Chachra, Chairman & CEO, VTLS Inc. and John Espley, Director of Design, VTLS Inc. Stepping Back Looking Forward: FRBR and the Evolution of the Catalogue Thomas J. Delsey, Consultant RedLightGreen - FRBR between a Rock and a Hard Place Merrilee Proffitt, Program Officer, RLG What is FRBR? (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) Dr. Barbara B. Tillett, Library of Congress FictionFinder: a FRBR works-based prototype Diane Vizine-Goetz, OCLC Research from <http://www.ala.org/ala/alcts/alctsconted/presentations/presentations.htm>
33	For further information FRBR report Readings on handout & previous slide FRBR listserv jenlrile@indiana.edu These presentation materials