FormatsandFRBRCatalogues–Wheresourfocus.pptVIP

Formats and FRBR Catalogues – Wheres our focus? Trond Aalberg NTNU and BIBSYS Norway Topics FRBRizing existing catalogues The BIBSYS FRBR project Internal FRBR structures How to structure and store FRBR data internally Exchange How to express and exchange FRBR data externally What kind of specification do we want/need the FRBR to be for implementations? The BIBSYS FRBR projecta case study in the use of the FRBR model on the BIBSYS database BIBSYS Norwegian service center for libraries: Norwegian university libraries, the National Library, all college libraries, and a number of research libraries Bibliographic database with circa 3.8 mill. records (8 mill. holdings) BIBSYSMARC ~ NORMARC (subset but not proper subset of USMARC) Project cooperates with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Project management, modeling and implementations) The National Library of Norway (Mapping FRBR – BIBSYSMARC) OCLC (running the Work-Set algorithm on the BIBSYS database) The National Database Project of Norwegian University Museums (CRM) Funded by the Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority (1/9 2004 – 31/8 2005) and is a part of the Norwegian Digital Library Initiative Motivation and objectives Large number of existing MARC-based bibliographic catalogues FRBRizing existing catalogues is a major challenge and the key to a FRBRized bibliographic universe Realistic FRBR prototypes can be used to validate the model ”Holistic” view Process the complete database (not ideal subset) From FRBR data model to test database and search prototype Cover as much as possible of the BIBSYS data Findings Possibilities and limitations How to improve support for FRBR in BIBSYSMARC Further research on specific problems FRBRizing existing catalogues Def: to implement aspects of the FRBR model Two different strategies: Presentation layer only Adding system component that enables generation of FRBR Run-time or preprocessed Presentation and storage layer Convert data to a FRB