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Brian Maass and Dustin Mass

Implementation of FRBR Relationships in LibraryThing

FRBRFunctional Requirements for Bibliographic Records

Published by the International Federation of Library Associations in 1998

Conceptual model used to:

Define user tasks Identify bibliographic relationships between resources

Defines bibliographic relationships based on interactions among three

“Group Entities”

Taylor, A.G., & Joudrey, D.N. (2009). The organization of information (3rd ed.). Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

Tillett, B. (2003). What is FRBR? A conceptual model for the bibliographic universe. Retrieved from:

http://www.loc.gov/cds/downloads/FRBR.PDF

FRBRFunctional Requirements for Bibliographic Records

Group 1: W — Work E — Expression M — Manifestation I — Item

**LibraryThing recently implemented Work-to-Work Relationships**

Taylor, A.G., & Joudrey, D.N. (2009). The organization of information (3rd ed.). Westport, CT: Libraries

Unlimited.

What is LibraryThing?

A website where people can catalog their books A social network for readers

Also incorporated into: An enhanced discovery layer for most library OPACs

(LibraryThing for Libraries) An app providing a mobile discovery interface to most library

OPACs (Library Anywhere)

About LibraryThing. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.librarything.com/about

What is LibraryThing?Social Network

Build a Profile Share and compare your collection with friends Write book reviews Create/join groups Join discussion forums Suggest books to friends View local libraries, bookstores and literary events

About LibraryThing. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.librarything.com/about

What is LibraryThing?Social Network

A short introduction to LibraryThing. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.librarything.com/quickstart.php

What is LibraryThing?Cataloging

Users enter title, author or ISBN Bibliographic Data is acquired from Library of

Congress, Amazon or over 690 libraries that use the Z39.50 interface to their catalogs

User can then edit book data and add personal details Also allows user to add ratings and tags View statistics and text clouds related to books in your

collectionAbout LibraryThing. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.librarything.com/about

What is LibraryThing?Cataloging

Press Information. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.librarything.com/press/

How Does Library Thing Use FRBR?

Work to Work Relationships:

Contains/Is Contained in another work Parodies Non-series Sequel/Prequel Reference Guides Inspired by another work Commentary on another work Study Notes Teaching Guides

W. Denton. (2011, February 17). LibraryThing Tackles FRBR [Web log comment]. Retrieved from http://www.frbr.org/2011/2/17/librarything-tackles-frbr


Allows Users to Manipulate Relationships:



Work-to-Work Example: J.K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone” J.K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” M. Gerber, “Barry Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody” R. Highfield, “The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic

Really Works” SparkNotes, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone” E.D. Schafer, “Beacham's Sourcebook for Teaching

Young Adult Fiction: Exploring Harry Potter” J.K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”


Library Thing. (2011). Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone. Retrieved fromhttp://www.librarything.com/work/5403381

How Do Others Use FRBR?


Bowen, J., & Lindahl, D. (2011, April 8). RDA and the eXtensible Catalog [PDF document]. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1802/14588

Most Commercial ILSs are working toward FRBR concepts, but have not widely implemented them.

Some Open Source ILSs are implementing FRBR-based hierarchies. eXtensible Catalog is one example. They do not include work-to-work relationships yet.

Tim Spalding of LibraryThing humbly claims they “might turn out to be the most comprehensive implementation of FRBR, and an inspiration and help to the library world.” (Denton, 2011)

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