Bernhard Eversberg wrote:
|10. Will RDA be a step into the right direction? Will it be more
| than that or less? Or is FRBR rather an academic concept with
| on the whole not too much impact on real-world search situations?
When OCLC analyzed its database a number of years ago related to FRBR,
it found that only 18% of the bib records could take advantage of FRBR.
The remainder of the database were one-time works by creators in a
single medium, for which FRBR is unnecessary. Admittedly, FRBR is an
attractive way to organize multiple works, perhaps in multiple
manifestations and such, for prolific and/or famous creators, but I
think the fact that it may not do that for 4 out of every 5 titles in a
typical catalog says something, too.
Harvey
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Received on Wed Sep 05 2007 - 10:32:22 EDT