The Application of FRBR in a National Bibliographic Database Revolution or Evolution? The impact of FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) Organized by the Australian Committee on Cataloging. Melbourne Convention Center, 2 February 2004 Bemal Rajapatirana
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The Application of FRBR in a National Bibliographic Database
Revolution or Evolution? The impact of FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) Organized by the Australian Committee on Cataloging.
Melbourne Convention Center, 2 February 2004
Bemal Rajapatirana
Group 1 entities
Products of intellectual and artistic endeavour:
Work – distinct intellectual or artistic creation;
Expression – intellectual or artistic realisation of work
Manifestation – physical embodiment of an expression of a work
Item – single example of a manifestation
Scope
Quantify the results of applying FRBR to the NBD
Determine future strategies for improvements to the NBD based upon exploiting the FRBR model
‘Commonly occurring’ headings defined as those with the most number of bibliographic records attached
Initial lists refined to remove ‘inappropriate’ work headings ranked in the top 100
Separate ranking for Australian work headings
Selected works Global exclusion criteria programmed
- Series and ‘series like’ works- Thesis- Serials
Manual exclusion or amalgamation of some headings- coding - Spelling - Bible. English. Authorised’ and Bible.
English. Authorized’
- Form of entry e.g. ‘Aesop’s fables’ or ‘Aesop. Aesop’s
Fables’ or ‘Aesop. Fables’
Selected works
Final list - 20,000 records extracted- 13,561 representing works under Name/Titles- 7,025 representing works under Uniform titles
1:3 works to manifestation/records
Reflects literary, religious and musical works
Similar composition to OCLC WorldCat analysis
Top 10 NBD works: Name-titles
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de,1547-1616. Don Quixote England and Wales. Laws etc. Chopin, Frédéric,1810-1849 Piano music. Selections Schubert, Franz,1797-1828 Songs. Selections Bach, Johann Sebastian,1685-1750 Cantatas. Selection Liszt, Franz,1811-1886. Piano music. Selections Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet Shakespeare, William,1564-1616. Macbeth Shakespeare, William,1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet Carroll, Lewis,1832-1898. Alice's adventures in Wonderland
Available from: http://www.loc.gov/marc/marc-functional-analysis/tool.html
Converts MARC to MARCXML Rigorous data validation rules Scale to accommodate large data sets No statistics or reports generated Sorting rules may required refinement Problematic amalgamation of some expression
forms e.g. sound recording and musical sound recording combined under one expression