>How would the OPAC know to display only English-language books if you don't >tell it beforehand, whether FRBR catalog or otherwise?
If the search one initiated were on title spelled in English or on the title (spelled in English) in a keyword search? Perhaps the title in English as a keyword search would bring up the Danish version, too, though. Mike Tribby Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses mailto:mike.tri...@quality-books.com -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:rd...@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Mark Ehlert Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 10:02 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Interesting conversations about RDA and FRBR ... J. McRee Elrod <m...@slc.bc.ca> wrote: > Won't FRBR result in even more unwanted item records being displayed? > Will one be able to turn of FRBR display in OPACs? I don't *need* to > see the record for the Danish original of the murder mystery I want to > read! How would the OPAC know to display only English-language books if you don't tell it beforehand, whether FRBR catalog or otherwise? -- Mark K. Ehlert Minitex Coordinator University of Minnesota Bibliographic & Technical 15 Andersen Library Services (BATS) Unit 222 21st Avenue South Phone: 612-624-0805 Minneapolis, MN 55455-0439 <http://www.minitex.umn.edu/> No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.445 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3136 - Release Date: 09/15/10 06:34:00
