Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2013-12-08 Thread James Weinheimer
On 12/7/2013 6:24 PM, J. McRee Elrod wrote: snip How bibliographic record exchange would work when full manifestation records no longer exist, and collections have differing manifestations of works, I've not seen discussed. /snip Yes, I have not seen this issue discussed either. Just as

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2013-12-07 Thread J. McRee Elrod
James said: FRBR proposes to take out data that is now in the manifestation record and put certain parts of it into a work instance, while other data will go into an expression instance. Bibframe has work and instance data, no expression category. What are different expressions in FRBR/WEMI

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2013-12-06 Thread J. McRee Elrod
James said: The structure of the card catalog allowed people to do the FRBR user tasks (where--for those who understood--people really and truly could find/identify/select/obtain works/expressions/manifestation/items by their authors/titles/subjects (or at least they could if the catalogers

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2013-12-06 Thread Cindy Wolff
If I want an English translation of a work, why would I want to know about the original and other translations? I think the operative word here is I. What if someone else wants to know, either a researcher or a library staff member doing collection development? The catalog serves many purposes

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2013-12-06 Thread Wagstaff, D John
-244-4070 e-mail: wagst...@illinois.edu From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Cindy Wolff Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 3:23 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR If I want an English

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2013-12-06 Thread Kevin M Randall
/ Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Cindy Wolff Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 3:23 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR If I want an English translation of a work, why would I want to know about the original and other

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2013-12-06 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Kevin said: FRBR is *not* about user displays. At all. Nor is RDA about display. But isn't user display the end result of what we do, and what must concern us? What's the point if our efforts don't result in intelligible displays? It would seem to me the basic functional requirement of

[RDA-L] FRBR workshop: FRBR for art librarians

2012-11-01 Thread Lee, Deborah
***Apologies for cross-posting*** For any UK/EIRE colleagues, who may be interested in this FRBR workshop led by Anne Welsh (UCL). It is a general FRBR workshop including presentations, exercises and group discussions; however, the examples used in the workshop will be drawn from art

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR workshop: FRBR for art librarians

2012-11-01 Thread Wagstaff, D John
To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: [RDA-L] FRBR workshop: FRBR for art librarians ***Apologies for cross-posting*** For any UK/EIRE colleagues, who may be interested in this FRBR workshop led by Anne Welsh (UCL). It is a general FRBR workshop including presentations, exercises and group

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR workshop: FRBR for art librarians

2012-11-01 Thread Wagstaff, D John
12:04 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: [RDA-L] FRBR workshop: FRBR for art librarians ***Apologies for cross-posting*** For any UK/EIRE colleagues, who may be interested in this FRBR workshop led by Anne Welsh (UCL). It is a general FRBR workshop including presentations, exercises

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR and display

2012-02-27 Thread James Weinheimer
On 27/02/2012 05:02, Kelley McGrath wrote: snip There has been some discussion about the relationship between the FRBR entities (especially group 1) and end-user display or underlying data structure. I think OLAC's FRBR-based prototype for moving image materials

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR and display

2012-02-27 Thread Brenndorfer, Thomas
From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of James Weinheimer Sent: February 27, 2012 5:02 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR and display ... This is a very interesting project

[RDA-L] FRBR and display

2012-02-26 Thread Kelley McGrath
There has been some discussion about the relationship between the FRBR entities (especially group 1) and end-user display or underlying data structure. I think OLAC's FRBR-based prototype for moving image materials (http://blazing-sunset-24.heroku.com/) is a good example of an interface

[RDA-L] FRBR IG Call for speakers closed

2011-09-26 Thread Karen Anderson
The ALCTS FRBR IG has received enough responses to fill our allotted time. We thank everyone for their interest. Karen Anderson Chair, FRBR IG -- Karen Anderson Authority Control Librarian Backstage Library Works 533 East 1860 South Provo, Utah 84606 1-800-288-1265 kander...@bslw.com

[RDA-L] FRBR IG programs at ALA Annual

2011-06-08 Thread Karen Anderson
*Please excuse cross postings.* The ALCTS FRBR Interest Group invites your participation at ALA Annual Conference, at 10:30 a.m. -12:00 on Friday, June 24, 2011, at the Morial Convention Center, Room 338. Co-sponsored by ALA, Cataloging Classification Quarterly, and MARCIVE, Inc. There

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-12 Thread Bernhard Eversberg
11.04.2011 22:20, Weinheimer Jim: As one of those veteran catalogers, I honestly do not see how the changes in RDA have a lot of potential. If the test records are anything to go by, then indeed. And what else are we to go by if that's what we're gonna get? That stuff barely scratches the

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-12 Thread Weinheimer Jim
Myers, John F. wrote: snip One could argue interminably the pros and cons of abbreviating or not. I can see merits to both sides, as well as to native language representation of missing date issue. (That is, the replacement of [s.l.] with [place of publication not identified], where [s.l.]

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-12 Thread Karen Coyle
Quoting Bernhard Eversberg e...@biblio.tu-bs.de: Is the part-whole relationship, for example, even being considered? It wasn't under AACR2 although it would have been possible. Bernard, I'm not sure what you mean by even being considered (by whom?) but FRBR and RDA do define all of the

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-12 Thread Kevin M. Randall
James Weinheimer wrote: I don't think I am missing the point of RDA, and the abbreviations are a great example. Do we really believe that a simple rule change will solve whatever problems the public supposedly has with abbreviations in the catalog? Sorry, but I find that very naive. Did you

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-12 Thread Weinheimer Jim
Kevin M. Randall wrote: snip James Weinheimer wrote: I don't think I am missing the point of RDA, and the abbreviations are a great example. Do we really believe that a simple rule change will solve whatever problems the public supposedly has with abbreviations in the catalog? Sorry, but I

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-12 Thread Deborah Tomares
Subject:Re: [RDA-L] FRBR Sent by:Resource

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-12 Thread Karen Coyle
: [RDA-L] FRBR Sent by:Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA James Weinheimer wrote: I am certainly not saying that I know what people want when they search for information. That can only be discovered after research

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-12 Thread Kevin M. Randall
Deborah Tomaras wrote: I would be curious to see links to evidence-based papers from rigorous research studies that prove that patrons want FRBR/WEMI in searching, retrieval, etc. I've found nothing on the IFLA website, where I would have thought they would reside. All papers there

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-12 Thread Brenndorfer, Thomas
-Original Message- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Kevin M. Randall Sent: April 12, 2011 2:10 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR ... (BTW, please don't get hung

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-12 Thread Adam L. Schiff
Patrons want the director's cut of a motion picture, or they don't want the colorized version of a classic bw film. They may or may not care if they will get widescreen or full screen. They want translations into English of works, and sometimes they want them by a particular translator.

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-12 Thread Mike Tribby
I cannot wait for the day when (assuming we do implement RDA) instead of a blank template in OCLC that we have to encode in MARC, we get a screen which prompts us to fill in values for RDA elements. Catalogers shouldn't need to know the behind the scenes coding and communication standard, we

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-12 Thread Brenndorfer, Thomas
-Original Message- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Mike Tribby Sent: April 12, 2011 3:43 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR ... That would all be great, and I

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-12 Thread Mark Ehlert
Brenndorfer, Thomas tbrenndor...@library.guelph.on.ca wrote: Coming up this month is the first programming to add RDA element views to ILS software at the MARC tag level: http://www.rdatoolkit.org/blog/119 The software in question being Connexion Client 2.30, just announced today. -- Mark

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Deborah Tomares
I've been following this discussion with interest, but feel the need to inject an unhappy reality into it. I attended a program on Friday, given by a Digital Strategist, an ALA mover and shaker. This person dismissed all of cataloging in a single sentence, offhand, while discussing something else.

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Guy Vernon Frost
-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR Every time I see a discussion about how hard FRBR is to understand (which it is), how difficult the RDA Toolkit is to use (which it is), and the fact that RDA will actually increase the amount of work we have to do to each bibliographic record (which it does), I

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Brenndorfer, Thomas
] On Behalf Of Aleta Copeland Sent: April 11, 2011 10:07 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR However, you will find her as a 700. ** ** Aleta Copeland, MLS Head of Technical Services Ouachita Parish

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Lasater, Mary Charles
Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Guy Vernon Frost Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 11:19 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR I concur... very nice summation. Change needs to occur, but it seems to me it's

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Bob Hall
mary.c.lasa...@vanderbilt.edu To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:25:36 -0500 Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR I also agree. Earlier today I saw the PCC Discussion Paper on RDA implementation. Perhaps this message would be an appropriate response. That position paper seems

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Debirah Tomares said: Her vision includes librarians facilitating discovery of soft sources of information (her words), as opposed to authoritative [i.e., published] sources. In doing so, she said (roughly paraphrasing): Those sources all have records in OCLC anyway ... Of the special libraries

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Harden, Jean
and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Billie Hackney Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 10:58 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR Every time I see a discussion about how hard FRBR is to understand (which it is), how difficult the RDA Toolkit is to use (which

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Deborah Tomares
Subject:Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Mike Tribby
It may be simplistic (but hey! that's what I do!), but I think the competing views of RDA's potential benefits and ultimate utility split along the lines of what kind of libraries are being discussed and what kind of libraries the individuals doing the discussing inhabit. With a few significant

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Kathleen Lamantia
] Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 12:44 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR It may be simplistic (but hey! that's what I do!), but I think the competing views of RDA's potential benefits and ultimate utility split along the lines of what kind of libraries are being

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Aleta Copeland
-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Lasater, Mary Charles Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 11:26 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR I also agree. Mary Charles Lasater Authorities Coordinator Vanderbilt University From: Resource Description and Access

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Mike Tribby
Well, you can't stop there, Mike. Which kinds of libraries favor which, etc.? To answer Kathleen's perfectly reasonable question and observation in reverse order: I'd rather not say publically at this point in this fascinating discussion (though I think a close reading of my previous postings

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Stephen Early
] On Behalf Of Billie Hackney Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 10:58 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR Every time I see a discussion about how hard FRBR is to understand (which it is), how difficult the RDA Toolkit is to use (which it is), and the fact that RDA will actually

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Diane I. Hillmann
-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] *On Behalf Of *Billie Hackney *Sent:* Monday, April 11, 2011 11:58 AM *To:* RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA *Subject:* Re: [RDA-L] FRBR Every time I see a discussion about how hard FRBR is to understand (which it is), how difficult the RDA Toolkit is to use (which

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Mark Ehlert
Aleta Copeland acopel...@oplib.org wrote: Earlier today I saw the PCC Discussion Paper on RDA implementation. Perhaps this message would be an appropriate response. That position paper seems oblivious to the current ‘real’ environment. Where did you see this report?  Do you have a link to it?

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Laurence S. Creider
Denton, TX 76203-5017 jean.har...@unt.edu From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Billie Hackney Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 10:58 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR Every time I

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Weinheimer Jim
Harden, Jean wrote: snip My experience leads me to the opposite conclusion. For people who don’t already know how to catalog, much of RDA *is* simpler, more transparent, and so forth than AACR2. It’s only those of us who have been using AACR2 for years that have so much trouble grasping the new

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Kevin M. Randall
Mary Charles Lasater wrote: Earlier today I saw the PCC Discussion Paper on RDA implementation. [...] That position paper seems oblivious to the current 'real' environment. Mary, could you give some specific reasons why you say that about the position paper? To me it seems like it couldn't

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Karen Coyle
Quoting Weinheimer Jim j.weinhei...@aur.edu: I have no doubt that experienced catalogers can learn RDA. After all, the final product is not all that different from what we do now. The problem for experienced catalogers is to master a new set of tools that are very expensive in comparison

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Mike Tribby
Meanwhile, speculation without facts isn't terribly useful. I think about how much of the time used up in this debate couldn't have been better spent gathering actual information. Well, sure, but seeing as how we're waiting on the U.S. national libraries to come to a decision anyway it's hard

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Lasater, Mary Charles
and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Kevin M. Randall Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 1:03 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR Mary Charles Lasater wrote: Earlier today I saw the PCC Discussion Paper on RDA implementation. [...] That position paper seems

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Deborah Tomares said: Those sources all have records in OCLC anyway ... P.S. How does she think those recores *get* into OCLC? A cataloguer creates them! Deborah, I realize this was not your opinion, widely shared though it be. You reported it well. Yes, I do suspect steam is coming out of

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Megan Curran said: It seems like the goal of RDA is to bring libraries into web-based data description in a real way. Coding and ILS development would take us into being web-based, not cataloguing rule changes, with rare exceptions. I do not see in the budgets of our clients the ILSs which

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Megan Curran
I do not see in the budgets of our clients the ILSs which would be required to take advantage of, for example, 7XX$i values expressing relationships. I'd say that's a failing of the ILS marketplace, not RDA. I think the ILSs are just waiting for RDA to be finalized before rolling out new

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Weinheimer Jim
Megan Curran wrote: snip I just feel like if our catalogs are on the web, and most of what we catalog is in the web environment, then the rules should be made for that environment. Using coding tricks and discovery layers to force paper-based cataloging rules into a web environment amounts to

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Mike Tribby
Not all libraries perceive the same needs as other libraries. If the ILSs are just waiting for RDA to be finalized before rolling out new iterations that can take advantage of the relational properties then why haven't they already rolled out ILSs that feature technology [which] already exists,

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Mark Ehlert
Weinheimer Jim j.weinhei...@aur.edu wrote: Which changes do you have in mind? ... The lack of the $b in titles? Huh? -- Mark K. Ehlert                 Minitex Coordinator                    University of Minnesota Bibliographic Technical      15 Andersen Library   Services (BATS) Unit        

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Gary L. Strawn
At 03:34 PM 4/11/2011, Mike Tribby wrote: Not all libraries perceive the same needs as other libraries. If the ILSs are just waiting for RDA to be finalized before rolling out new iterations that can take advantage of the relational properties then why haven't they already rolled out ILSs that

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread Mike Tribby
The questions above indicate that the questioner is missing the point of RDA entirely. Of course they do. Has this list outlived its usefulness? Mike Tribby Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses mailto:mike.tri...@quality-books.com

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-11 Thread mmontalvo
I agree. We are swimming against the tide. Marilyn Montalvo Head Technical Services Dept. Library System University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus Every time I see a discussion about how hard FRBR is to understand (which it is), how difficult the RDA Toolkit is to use (which it is), and

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-09 Thread Dan Matei
-Original Message- From: Brenndorfer, Thomas tbrenndor...@library.guelph.on.ca Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 18:11:53 -0400 world has not stopped with FRBR. There's FRBRoo for example, which integrates museum data with library data as outlined in FRBR, and so expands FRBR significantly with

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Magdalena Svanberg
Meeting is cancelled. -Original Message - From: Gene Fieg Sent: 2011/04/08, 00:52 To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Dan Matei
This reminds me of that moment: how hundreds of years worth of experience is on this list? And there is no agreement on something like *what is a work*?! How can we ever hope for any kind of consistency? Of course it goes without saying that with no consistency, everyone will be fated

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Jakob Voss
Jim Weinheimer wrote: This reminds me of that moment: how hundreds of years worth of experience is on this list? And there is no agreement on something like *what is a work*?! How can we ever hope for any kind of consistency? Of course it goes without saying that with no consistency, everyone

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Nicky Ransom
Matei Sent: 08 April 2011 08:59 To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR This reminds me of that moment: how hundreds of years worth of experience is on this list? And there is no agreement on something like *what is a work*?! How can we ever hope for any kind

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread hecain
Jim, I think you're over-thinking it. Confronted with a new book, don't we examine it and check our favorite database(s) to verify whether it's a new work or a version of an existing work? If new, we just treat it at the manifestation level. Under the currently-anticipated regime for

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Weinheimer Jim
Hal Cain wrote: snip Jim, I think you're over-thinking it. Confronted with a new book, don't we examine it and check our favorite database(s) to verify whether it's a new work or a version of an existing work? If new, we just treat it at the manifestation level. Under the currently-anticipated

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Kathleen Lamantia
-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR In conventional cataloging practice, and in what is suggested by FRBR/RDA as I understand it... no, it doesn't really matter. A movie version is a different work. I think an argument could be made that a _very simple_ movie version, that is really just video

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Peter Schouten
: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Onderwerp: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR Wait, wait! I thought the entire purpose of FRBR/RDA was to collocate everything together so that patrons would see an entity-relationship display... therefore the book and the movie are only different expressions of the same work. So now

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Dan Matei
-Original Message- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Kathleen Lamantia Sent: 8 aprilie 2011 15:41 I thought the entire purpose of FRBR/RDA was to collocate everything together so that

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Thomas Meehan
Hello, As the person who put the FRBR representation up on the web, I thought I'd mention a couple of things about it. It was intended to accompany introductory internal training for RDA and FRBR, so its main intention is to illustrate as clearly and graphically as I could how FRBR works

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Trickey, Keith
-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR Well, it seems to me that Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen's conception (work) no matter what form (expression) it takes, so I would answer your 2nd question, is the creator the same? with yes. As to valid alternatives, that seems to me to be cataloger's

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Laurence Creider
- From: Peter Schouten [mailto:pschou...@ingressus.nl] Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 8:47 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR Ask yourself: is the movie a valid alternative to the book? Is the creator of the movie the same as the creator of the book (if the answer

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Kathleen Lamantia
To: Kathleen Lamantia Cc: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR But the creator of the book and the creator(s) of the movie are NOT the same people. The movie contains aspects such as costume, set, choice of shots, sound, acting, and on and on that are the result of the actions

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Brenndorfer, Thomas
-Original Message- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Weinheimer Jim Sent: April 8, 2011 10:25 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR Brenndorfer, Thomas wrote: snip

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Mike Tribby
I've finally figured out a way to express what FRBR/RDA feels like to me after several years of study and practice. I feel as if I've fallen down the rabbit hole and am searching for Alice while accompanied by Franz Kafka. Yow! That's at least the second specific reference to the RDA

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
Well, it seems to me that Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen's conception (work) no matter what form (expression) it takes, so I would answer your 2nd question, is the creator the same? with yes. As to valid alternatives, that seems to me to be cataloger's judgment, so we are left with a

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Weinheimer Jim
On 08/04/2011 16:37, Brenndorfer, Thomas wrote: snip RDA would call those Derivative Works under the Related Work element. LibraryThing calls them Related Movies. Neither RDA nor LibraryThing calls them the same work. /snip So, what is this record? http://www.librarything.com/work/2264 Is it a

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Kathleen Lamantia
, 2011 10:54 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR I've finally figured out a way to express what FRBR/RDA feels like to me after several years of study and practice. I feel as if I've fallen down the rabbit hole and am searching for Alice while accompanied by Franz Kafka

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Kathleen Lamantia
5 Star library.    -Original Message- From: Jonathan Rochkind [mailto:rochk...@jhu.edu] Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 11:02 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR Well, it seems to me that Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen's conception (work) no matter what

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Brenndorfer, Thomas
___ From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Weinheimer Jim [j.weinhei...@aur.edu] Sent: April-08-11 10:56 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR On 08/04/2011

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Brenndorfer, Thomas
___ From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Kathleen Lamantia [klaman...@starklibrary.org] Sent: April-08-11 11:07 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR You

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Myers, John F.
Kathleen Lamantia wrote: Well, it seems to me that Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen's conception (work) no matter what form (expression) it takes, so I would answer your 2nd question, is the creator the same? with yes. As to valid alternatives, that seems to me to be cataloger's judgment,

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Trickey, Keith
: [RDA-L] FRBR ___ From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Kathleen Lamantia [klaman...@starklibrary.org] Sent: April-08-11 11:07 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread D. Brooking
John, that is a beautiful, eloquent explanation, one that works for me. Thank you. Diana Brooking (206) 685-0389 Cataloging Librarian (206) 685-8782 fax Suzzallo Library dbroo...@u.washington.edu University of Washington Box 352900 Seattle WA

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Lasater, Mary Charles
and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Myers, John F. Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 10:32 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR Kathleen Lamantia wrote: Well, it seems to me that Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen's conception (work) no matter what

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
No librarian worth his/her salt would, which is my point about FRBR/RDA. I am NOT arguing in favor of it, I'm only trying to deal with it as it is - or appears to be, or is trying to be - thus my reference to Carroll and Kafka I am very confused about your point of FRBR/RDA. It does

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Jonathan Rochdind said: I am very confused about your point of FRBR/RDA. It does NOT decide that a movie is the same work as the book it's based on -- just like AACR2. Except that RDA does not require the 7XX for the book/movie in the record for the other be justified in the description. The

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Kevin M. Randall
Mac Elrod wrote: Except that RDA does not require the 7XX for the book/movie in the record for the other be justified in the description. The relationship may be in a 7XX$i, which the OPAC may or may not display. Sound to me like a problem with the OPAC, not with the cataloging rules.

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Leigh, Andrea
-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of D. Brooking Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 11:40 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR John, that is a beautiful, eloquent explanation, one that works for me. Thank you. Diana Brooking (206) 685-0389 Cataloging Librarian

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Stephen Early
-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Leigh, Andrea Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 2:56 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR Jane Austen's novel was the basis for the motion picture Pride and Prejudice, but it is not the work Austen conceptualized. This would be like someone

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Dan Matei
-Original Message- From: Stephen Early sea...@crl.edu Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 20:19:47 + This would be like someone thinking that a t-shirt with the Mona Lisa on it is the work of DaVinci. Which reminds me of Marcel Duchamp's L.H.O.O.Q. (Mona Lisa with a mustache) and the

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Pat Sayre McCoy
Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR This would be like someone thinking that a t-shirt with the Mona Lisa on it is the work of DaVinci. Which reminds me of Marcel Duchamp's L.H.O.O.Q. (Mona Lisa with a mustache) and the Andy Warhol silk screen prints of Mona Lisa. How would these fit into the FRBR model

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Weinheimer Jim
On 08/04/2011 22:19, Stephen Early wrote: snip Which reminds me of Marcel Duchamp's L.H.O.O.Q. (Mona Lisa with a mustache) and the Andy Warhol silk screen prints of Mona Lisa. How would these fit into the FRBR model? (enjoying this very interesting discussion) /snip I agree that this is an

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Brenndorfer, Thomas
-Original Message- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Pat Sayre McCoy Sent: April 8, 2011 5:15 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR I really should stay out

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-08 Thread Brenndorfer, Thomas
-Original Message- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Weinheimer Jim Sent: April 8, 2011 5:29 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] FRBR . Individuals can now add

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-07 Thread Trickey, Keith
and Access / Resource Description and Access [RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] on behalf of Jeff Peckosh [jpeck...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 12:13 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: [RDA-L] FRBR I started panicking over the fact that I still don't understand FRBR. Can anybody

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-07 Thread Bernhard Eversberg
07.04.2011 08:03, Trickey, Keith: Just a gentle aside - if members of the bibliogrpahic engine room struggle with this - how is the wider community supposed to make sense of it? At the end of the day, what matters is if and how catalog users can make sense of it, if not even become

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-07 Thread Sandra Knapp
Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA writes: I started panicking over the fact that I still don't understand FRBR. Can anybody please tell me where I can find a literature that explains what FRBR is in a simple English? I

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-07 Thread runjuliet
Here's a nice visual representation of the Work/Expression/Manifestation/Item facets of the FRBR model I found via Twitter this morning: http://www.aurochs.org/frbr_example/frbr_example.html Only problem with it, to me, is that it doesn't link the novel, film, and screenplay together...

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-07 Thread Adam L. Schiff
This is nice, thanks for providing it Amanda. Besides the links between the related works, I saw one other error: in the item for the DVD, the material type is shown as BOOK. Adam ^^ Adam L. Schiff Principal Cataloger University of Washington Libraries Box

Re: [RDA-L] FRBR

2011-04-07 Thread Gene Fieg
...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 12:13 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: [RDA-L] FRBR I started panicking over the fact that I still don't understand FRBR. Can anybody please tell me where I can find a literature that explains what FRBR is in a simple English? I also don't know

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