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).

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3 January 2006

2006: The Year of FRBR!

Filed under: Uncategorized — William Denton @ 8:58 pm

I hereby declare that 2006 will be the Year of FRBR. Let word go forth! Let works be created, expressions expressed, manifestations embodied, and items held in hand! Say to those you meet, “FRBR will make your life better!” When they say, “What is FRBR?” you can reply, “A conceptual model created by an international library organization for improved organization of works of intellectual creation!” And they will say, “Aha! I can’t wait!”

UPDATE (4 January 2006): I just noticed that FRBR was a top tech trend of 2005 according to ALA. I would have declared 2005 to be the year of FRBR if this blog had been around then, and I’ll probably declare 2007 to be the year of FRBR too.