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Dataming MARC to Find: FRBR?

Posted by: William Denton, 4 July 2005 8:00 am
Categories: Conferences,IFLA,MARC,Papers

Datamining MARC to Find: FRBR?, by Knut Hegna (of the University of Oslo Library) and Eeva Murtomaa (of the Helsinki University Library), was presented at the 2002 IFLA conference in Glasgow. The abstract says:

In this project MARC data from two national bibliographies is analyzed in the light of the data model presented in the FRBR study from IFLA. The analysis shows that even though the information in the MARC records holds attributes relevant for identifying the work, expression and manifestation entities, the accuracy and formal syntax are too simple to be properly hand led by programs. Some of the results may be used to present better hit lists in OPACs. Two suggestions for OPAC user interface based on the ideas of the FRBR study and the results of the project are presented.