current research on and use of frbr in libraries
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2012 ALA Annual PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Current research on and use of FRBR in libraries
ALA Annual Conference 2012June 24, 8:00 am#alctsan12
Panelists
Jennifer BowenUniversity of Rochester, River Campus Libraries
Thomas HickeyOCLC
Carolyn McCallumWake Forest University, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Erik Mitchell University of Maryland iSchool
Athena Salaba Kent State University, School of Library and Information Science
Yin Zhang Kent State University, School of Library and Information Science
State of library metadata
FRBRizing Mark TwainCarolyn McCallum, Wake Forest UniversityDr. Erik Mitchell, University of Maryland iSchool
ALA Annual Conference, June 24, 2012
Metadata quality and FRBRization of MARC
What metadata quality issues are of concern in the migration of metadata to new models (e.g. FRBR)
How do computational techniques compare to expert cataloger FRBR application?
Group 1 Entities
Work: a distinct intellectual or artistic creation ; abstract.
Expression: the intellectual or artistic realization of a work ; abstract.
Manifestation: the physical embodiment of an expression of a work.
Item: a single exemplar of a manifestation.
Group 1 Entities Hierarchy
A work is realized through an expression, which in turn is embodied in a manifestation, which is exemplified by an item.
FRBR
In 1998, Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records: Final Report was published by IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
New conceptual model to represent the “bibliographic universe”. Based on an entity-relationship model.
User tasks are identified (i.e. find, identify, select, and obtain)
Comprised of 10 entities, Arranged into 3 groups.
Research methodology
Use a selected author’s MARC records (Mark Twain)
Have expert cataloger assess work-set relationships
Compare expert assessment with computational FRBR algorithms
Record evaluation848 MARC records from
ZSR Library’s catalogPS1300-1348PseudonymsMultiple publications by
and about himCreate complex work-set
relationshipsReveal FRBRization
issues
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Cataloger assessmentID Notes Worksets Title FRBR Key
77491CIRC - checked out 4700, 77491
=245 10$aAdventures of Huckleberry Finn :$bincluding the omitted, long, brilliant raft chapter, with the final "Tom Sawyer" section, abridged /$cby Mark Twain ; edited with an introduction by Charles Neider.
twain, mark\1835 1910/ventures of huckleberry finn :including the omitted, long, brilliant raft chapter, with the final "Tom Sawyer" section, abridged /
14169
RARE (PS1305 A1 1885) - green cloth binding w/black & gold stamping ; published by Charles L. Webster and Company ; 1st ed. w/o cancels, i.e. 3rd state of t.p., 4th state p. 293 ; "With One Hundred and Seventy-four Illustrations" on t.p., frontispiece includes plate of Mark Twain's bust w/his signature - opposite frontispiece Huck Finn w/shotgun and rabbit ; has TEYTHF
56932, 103713, 209036, 14123, 14225, 17328, 219513, 12581, 20431, 285512, 1226354, 213068, 14169, 13933, 33902, 2128369, 2128371, 2128372, 2128373, 2128546, 2129785, 2079693, 2128352, 104424
=245 10$aAdventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's comrade) ...$cby Mark Twain [pseud.] with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations.
twain, mark\1835 1910/ventures of huckleberry finn (tom sawyer's comrade)
Expert cataloger assessment
Expert cataloger review410 records – 147 total work-sets with 2 or more expressions420 work-sets with only one expression
Largest work-setsThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (26 records)The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (14 records)
Metadata most helpful in grouping work-setsTitleAuthorCombination of both title and author
Rereading Work and Expression sections of IFLA’s FRBR report
Key issue – Determining work boundariesExpressions
Revisions AbridgementsEnlargementsTranslations
WorksRewritingsAdaptations for children or from
one literary or art form to another
ParodiesAbstractsDigestsSummaries
Identifying works using title / authorOCLC FRBR work-set keys (Hickey and Toves, 2009)
twain, mark | 1835 1910/adventures of huckleberry finn :including the omitted, long, brilliant raft chapter, with the final "Tom Sawyer" section, abridged /
Other approachesUnique record identifiersOther descriptive metadata fieldsField for cataloger assignment of work-sets
Automatic assessment
Expressions and manifestations
http://www.loc.gov/marc/marc-functional-analysis/multiple-versions.html
Bibliographic form (Leader) Count of Form
Language Material--Monograph item 836
Language Material--Continuing resource 6
Language Material--Monographic component part 3
Nonmusical sound recording--Monograph item 1
Distribution of work similarity scores
0.010.04
0.07 0.10.13
0.160.19
0.220.25
0.280.31
0.340.37 0.4
0.430.46
0.490.52
0.550.58
0.610.64
0.67 0.70.73
0.760.79
0.820.85
0.88
0.910000000000001
0.940000000000001
0.970000000000001 10
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frbrkey245a
Distribution of scores > .79
0.80.81
0.820.83
0.840.85
0.860.87
0.880.89
0.900000000000001
0.910000000000001
0.920000000000001
0.930000000000001
0.940000000000001
0.950000000000001
0.960000000000001
0.970000000000001
0.980000000000001
0.990000000000001 10
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245afrbrkey
Evaluating similarity in worksScore Key 1 Key 2
0.465 1835 1910 albert an and appreciation bigelow by dean howells introduction mark paine speeches twain twains william with
1835 1910 mark speeches twain twains
0.706 1835 1910 adventures ago comrade fifty finn forty huckleberry mark mississippi of sawyers scene the time to tom twain valley years
1835 1910 adventures comrade finn huckleberry mark of sawyers tom twain
0.902 1601 1835 1910 as by conversation date fireside in it mark of social the time tudors twain twains was
1601 1835 1910 as at conversation fireside in it mark of or social the time tudors twain was
0.909 1835 1910 a dogs mark tale twain 1835 1910 a horses mark tale twain
0.909 1835 1910 a drama mark sawyer tom twain
1835 1910 abroad mark sawyer tom twain
Metadata quality assessment
Main quality issue: Lack of description for complex relationships
Model application is expensive in both computer and expert efforts
New data models (LoD) are changing our view of MARC metadata
