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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FRBR In AquaBrowser

Posted by: William Denton, 6 November 2007 7:13 am
Categories: Blog Mentions,ISTC,Vendors

The AquaBrowser blog wrote up FRBR In AquaBrowser last month. “Several different FRBR techniques are being road-tested at new AquaBrowser sites. Do you have an opinion on the most beneficial approach?” Includes links to three sites doing FRBRy things inside AquaBrowser.

Says there that Bowker is selling access to “ISBN clusters,” much like, I presume, xISBN and thingISBN. Hmm!