> -----Original Message----- > From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access > [mailto:rd...@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Hal Cain > Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 11:28 PM > To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA > Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Contents of Manifestations as Entities
> You'll note that there I'm speaking as a user, rather than as a > cataloguer. The cataloguing is important but the user's search is the > determining characteristic for assessing usefulness. And if 79% of > works in WorldCat exist in only a single manifestation and expression > (as I seem to recollect) it may be we're constructing problems where > none exist. I think it's important to put that number in context. It's actually 78% (of Works in WorldCat that exist in a single Manifestation), and that number is presented in Bennett, R., B. F. Lavoie, et al. (2003). "The concept of a work in WorldCat: an application of FRBR." _Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services_ 27/1: 45-59. However, that and some related statistics are *immediately* followed by a discussion of why that number shouldn't be interpreted as evidence that FRBR isn't useful. The article in fact explicitly concludes that FRBRization "demonstrates several potential benefits in library catalogs." Jenn ======================== Jenn Riley Metadata Librarian Digital Library Program Indiana University - Bloomington Wells Library W501 (812) 856-5759 www.dlib.indiana.edu Inquiring Librarian blog: www.inquiringlibrarian.blogspot.com
