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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16 January 2008

Me at Ontario Library Association Superconference

Filed under: Conferences — William Denton @ 7:20 am

If you’re at the Ontario Library Association’s 2008 Superconference (not just a conference — a super conference!) then you’re welcome to come to my talk (session number 1306) on Friday 1 February at 3:45 pm: “FRBR: Who’s Using It and What Can I Expect Next?”

I’ll be showing a lot of stuff live on the web and I’ll post my links or presentation or whatever I come up with. I’ll see about recording the talk, too.

If you were going to such a talk, is there anything in particular you’d like to learn about or have explained? I have a rough plan of what I’ll cover but suggestions are welcome.

There are about thirty other sessions going on at the same time, including Casey Bisson on “OPAC 2.0: What Works Already?” and Bess Sadler talking about Library-in-a-Box. On top of that, Mita Williams and my colleague the renowned Stacy Allison-Cassin (who occasionally blogs at Between 4′33″ and 4 3/4 in.) will be talking about their white paper Scholr 2.0.

I don’t blame you if you prefer one of those to my talk, but feel free to say hello if you see me around the conference.