Variations2
FRBR will be of immense help in organizing music recordings and making them easy to access. A closely related implementation is Variations2, which “provides online access to selected recordings and scores from the Indiana University Cook Music Library for use by IU Bloomington students, faculty, and staff. ” The way it works is quite FRBRish, but unfortunately you can’t see it because it’s a restricted-access system that requires a special client. Jenn Riley, who works on it, is presenting a paper about it at a conference this summer and if it becomes available online I’ll link to it.
Further reading:
- From Abstract to Virtual Entities: Implementation of Work-Based Searching in a Multimedia Digital Library, by Mark Notess, Jenn Riley, and Harriet Hemmasi (2004). “Like FRBR, our system is work-centric, being influenced by the work of both Velucci [12] and Smiraglia [13]. We have implemented a digital music library, Variations2, based on that metadata model, have deployed the system in our music library, and have seen increasing usage over the past year and a half.” Includes screenshots.
- Papers and Presentations about Variations2