Work, expression, manifestation, item … blog.
A weblog following developments around the world in FRBR: Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records.
Maintained by William Denton, Web Librarian at York University. Suggestions and comments welcome at wtd@pobox.com.
Confused? Try What Is FRBR? (2.8 MB PDF) by Barbara Tillett, or Jenn Riley's introduction. For more, see the basic reading list.
Books: FRBR: A Guide for the Perplexed by Robert Maxwell (ISBN 9780838909508) and Understanding FRBR: What It Is and How It Will Affect Our Retrieval Tools edited by Arlene Taylor (ISBN 9781591585091) (read my chapter FRBR and the History of Cataloging).
The IFLA conference is over. FRBR groups met there, as usual, and I’m told that a new Working Group on Aggregates was formed, with Ed O’Neill (from OCLC) as the chair. I’ll report on more when minutes and reports and such as posted on the web, but right now I don’t know any details. In the meantime this will probably be a quiet week here on the blog. Stay calm. Be brave. Wait for the signs.