Module 2:

FRBR refresher

Adapted from: Teaching RDA: Train-the-trainer course RDA: Resource description and access presented by the National Library of Australia in 2012 and made available under a

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

Learning outcomes

• Identify FRBR and FRAD entities and apply them to library material

• Understand FRBR and FRAD user tasks

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Group One Entities

WORK

EXPRESSION

MANIFESTATION

ITEM

is realised through

is embodied in

is exemplified by

FRBR and FRAD

TextIllustrations

Print run; ISBN; Edition; Series

Library’s copy

Whose bottom is this?

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is owned by

is produced by

is realized by

is created by

Work

Expression

Manifestation

Item

PERSONFAMILY

CORPORATE BODY

FRBR and FRAD

Wayne Lynch

Text Illustrations

EditionPublisher

Series

Gareth Stevens Publishers

J591.41 LYN

Stonnington Library and Information

Service

Group Two Entities

has a subject

has a subject

has a subject

WORKWork

ExpressionManifestation

Item

ConceptObjectEventPlace

PersonFamily

Corporate body

FRBR and FRAD

AnimalsButtocks

Group Three Entities

FRBR and FRAD

Entities, Attributes and Relationships

Relationship

Relationship

Entity(Has Attributes)

Entity(Has Attributes)

Entity(Has Attributes)

Relationship

FRBR User Tasks

Work

Expressions

Manifestations

Items

Examples of FRBR displays

eXtensible Cataloghttp://www.extensiblecatalog.org

Library Thinghttp://www.librarything.com/

Indiana University’s “Scherzo”http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/scherzo/

Open Libraryhttp://openlibrary.org/

Exercise