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The FRBR Interest Group would like to announce their program for ALA
Annual in Anaheim.
Friday, June 22, 10:30-12:00, Anaheim Convention Center room 202A
Please join us for two very interesting presentations on FRBR
(Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) and its impact on
cataloging and catalogs.
Jennifer Bowen, Assistant Dean for Information Management Services at
the University of Rochester River Campus Libraries and Chair of the
eXtensible Catalog Organization
The eXtensible Catalog (XC) is free, open source
software that provides a production system for converting MARC, Dublin
Core, and potentially other metadata schemas for use in a FRBR-based
discovery environment. XC's software development and accompanying user
research show how the FRBR model directly supports the needs of users
and has taught us important lessons about implementing FRBR in a
production environment. These lessons can also help guide us as we
examine the feasibility of incorporating the FRBR model into the
creation of linked data for libraries. .
Scott Piepenburg, Cataloging Coordinator/Metadata Librarian University
of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Scott will present on the basics behind FRBR and it
impacts cataloging and an ILS. He will discuss how FRBR is related to
Ranganathan's theory of cataloging and how an ILS can use the
information. The presentation will offer theoretical and concrete
examples of FRBR principles in practice and how they apply to real-like
objects. It concludes with a discussion and example of how an ILS may,
or may not, be designed around FRBR principles.
The FRBR IG is also calling for a volunteer to serve as Vice-Chair for
2012-2013 and then Chair the next year. Please express interest to
Karen at the contact information below.
Karen Anderson
Chair, FRBR IG
Authority Control Librarian
Backstage Library Works
Provo, Ut
801-356-1852 ext. 231
800-288-1265
kander...@bslw.com
