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).
Karen Coyle sent out an announcement about Framework for a Bibliographic Future, which she’s created with Diane Hillmann, Paul Weiss, and Jonathan Rochkind. She says they “have been attempting to create what we think MAY be the kind of framework that we need in order to move forward with bibliographic data.” FRBR is mentioned therein.
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