brief introduction to frbr, rda and the future of the catalog

Brief introduction to FRBR, RDA and the future of the

catalog

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Primary Relationships

Relationship Between:Work and expression through which that work is realizedRelationship between expression of work and manifestation that embodies that expressionRelationship between a manifestation and item that exemplifies that manifestation

Work

Expression

Manifestation

Item

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Is embodied in

Is exemplified by6 Jan 2014 Cason Snow

Expression 1Text—English

Expression 2 Text—

Chinese

Expression 3Spoken word

performance in English

Manifestation 1Boston:

Houghton Mifflin, 1951

Manifestation 2New York:

HarperCollins, 2009

Manifestation 1Nanjing: Yi lin chu ban she,

2002Manifestation 1

Prince Frederick, Md.:

Recorded Books, 1991

Item 1UM Orono

Copy 1

Item 1 Maine InfoNet

Copy 1

WorkThe Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

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A conceptual entity-relationship model that relates user tasks of retrieval and access in online library catalogues and bibliographic databases from a user’s perspective. It represents a more holistic approach to retrieval and access as the relationships between the entities provide links to navigate through the hierarchy of relationships.

• Find• Identify• Select• Obtain

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FRBR


• Group 1 entities are work, expression, manifestation, and item (WEMI). They represent the products of intellectual or artistic endeavor.

• Group 2 entities are person, family and corporate body, responsible for the custodianship of Group 1’s intellectual or artistic endeavor.

• Group 3 entities are subjects of Group 1 or Group 2’s intellectual endeavor, and include concepts, objects, events, places.

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Group EntitiesEntities in the RDA Model


Work: a distinct intellectual or artistic creation

Expression: the intellectual or artistic realization of a work in some form (e.g. alpha-numeric, musical notation)

Manifestation: the physical embodiment of an expression (e.g. a print publication)

Item: a copy of a manifestation

Work: Hobbit created in 1932 by the English author J.R.R. Tolkien

Expression: Hobbit by Tolkien published as a novel in English, (perhaps also containing critical/historical essays and annotations particular to an individual expression)

Manifestation: Hobbit published in 2001 by Ballantine Books, ISBN 0345445600

Item: Copy 1 of this manifestation owned by the Bangor Public Library, shelved in Children’s Room, call number JUV 741.5973 .D6437h

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Group 1 Entities: Primary Relationships

realized inrealized in

embodied inembodied in

exemplified byexemplified by


Original Work - Same

Expression

Same Work – New Expression New Work

Cataloging Rules Cut-Off Point

DerivativeEquivalent Descriptive

Facsimile

Reprint

ExactReproduction

Copy

MicroformReproduction

Variations or Versions

Translation

Simultaneous“Publication”

Edition

Revision

SlightModification

ExpurgatedEdition

IllustratedEdition

AbridgedEdition

Arrangement

SummaryAbstractDigest

Change of Genre

Adaptation

DramatizationNovelizationScreenplay

Libretto

FreeTranslation

Same Style orThematic Content

Parody

Imitation

Review

Criticism

AnnotatedEdition

Casebook

Evaluation

Commentary

Family of Works


A work is a distinct intellectual or artistic creation.

• title of the work• form of work• date of the work• other distinguishing characteristic• intended termination• intended audience• context for the work

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Group 1: Work Attributes


• 11X• 13X• 240 #a• 700

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Group 1: Work fields in MARC


• title of the expression• form of expression• date of expression• language of expression• other distinguishing

characteristic• use restrictions on the

expression

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Group 1: Expression Attributes

• extensibility of expression• revisability of expression• extent of the expression• summarization of content• context for the expression• critical response to the

expression• use restrictions on the

expression

An expression is the specific intellectual or artistic form that a work takes each time it is realized.


• 240 $l• 700

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Group 1: Expression fields in MARC


• title of the manifestation• statement of responsibility• edition/issue designation• place of

publication/distribution• publisher/distributor• date of

publication/distribution• fabricator/manufacturer• series statement• form of carrier

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Group 1: Manifestation Attributes

• extent of the carrier• physical medium• capture mode• dimensions of the carrier• manifestation identifier• source for acquisition/access

authorization• terms of availability• access restrictions on the

manifestation

A manifestation is the physical embodiment of an expression of a work. As an entity, manifestation represents all the physical objects that bear the same characteristics, in respect to both

intellectual content and physical form.


• 020• 074• 245• 246• 260• 300• 4XX• 500

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Group 1: Manifestation fields in MARC


• item identifier• fingerprint• provenance of the item• marks/inscriptions• exhibition history• condition of the item• treatment history• scheduled treatment• access restrictions on the

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Group 1: Item Attributes

An item is a single exemplar of a manifestation. The entity defined as item is a concrete entity.


• 590• 856• 866

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Group 1: Item fields in MARC





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• Person

• name of person

• dates of person

• title of person

• other designation associated with the person

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Group 2: Attributes

• Corporate Body• name of the corporate

body• number associated

with the corporate body

• place associated with the corporate body

• date associated with the corporate body

• other designation associated with the corporate body


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Responsibility Relationships

PersonsFamilies

Corporate Bodies

PersonsFamilies

Corporate Bodies

WorkWork

ExpressionExpression

ManifestationManifestation

ItemItem

createcreate

edit, translate, etc.

edit, translate, etc.

publish, distribute, etc.

publish, distribute, etc.

annotate, own, etc. annotate, own, etc.


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Relationships between Persons, Families, and Corporate Bodies

Bachman, Richard is really King, Stephen, $d 1947-

As indicated in the authority records for both names (AACRII):

500 1_ $i alternate identity: $a Bachman, Richard $w r

500 1_ $i real identity: $a King, Stephen, $d 1947- $w r

PseudonymPseudonymPersonPerson


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Relationships between Corporate Bodies

University of Southern Maine is the successor to the Gorham Normal School and the University of Maine at Portland

Predecessor, Successor

Predecessor, SuccessorCorporate BodyCorporate Body





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Concept

term for the concept

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Group 3: Attributes

Group 3 still in development.

Object

term for the object

Event

term for the event Place

term for the place


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Relationships Between Related Works, Expressions,

Manifestations, and/or Items

Relationships between designated instances of entities

•Between one work and another related work•Between two expressions of the same work•Between one manifestation and another (e.g., reproduction and manifestation that was reproduced)•Between two items (e.g., two items bound together by a particular library)


Flat data vs. Linked data

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• The Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BIBFRAME) is an undertaking to better accommodate future needs of the library community.

• A major focus of the initiative will be to determine a transition path for the MARC 21 exchange format to more Web based, Linked Data standards.

BIBFRAME


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brief introduction to frbr, rda and the future of the catalog

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