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Madison, Utilizing FRBR Framework

Posted by: William Denton, 21 February 2006 7:19 am
Categories: Papers

Olivia M.A. Madison, Dean of the Iowa State Univerity Library, has an article in the new Library Resources & Technical Services (50: 1): “Utilizing the FRBR Framework in Designing User-Focused Digital Content and Access Systems.”

ABSTRACT: This paper discusses the rapidly expanding environment of emerging electronic content and the importance of librarians to partner with new research and teaching communities in meeting users’ needs to find, identify, select, and obtain the information and resources they need. The methodology and framework of the International Federation of Library Association and Institutions’ Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records could serve as a useful tool in building expanded access and content systems.

Madison was chair of the original IFLA study group when it wrote the FRBR report. She recently wrote “The Origins of the IFLA Study on Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records,” in that Cataloging & Classifcation Quarterly (39: 3/4) special on FRBR last year, which is the thing to read if you want to know how all this got started.