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> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
> [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of James Weinheimer
> Sent: August 10, 2011 6:09 AM
> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Cataloging Matters Podcast #12
>
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> As you point out, in our current online card catalogs, the search for
> Huck Finn breaks down, but in systems with other indexing, e.g.
> Worldcat
> http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3A%22Twain%2C+Mark%22+ti%3A%22Adven
> tures+of+Huckleberry+Finn%22&qt=results_page
> people can limit in all kinds of ways using information that would have
> been buried otherwise: format, related names, year, language, etc. I
> maintain that these capabilities fulfill the "FRBR user tasks" right
> now, and even overfulfills them. I'm sure the current options for limit
> and sorts could be improved still further.
As Crocodile Dundee, armed with his gear in the film of the same name, once said when being mugged in New York City: "A knife? That's not a knife. Now, this is a knife!"
No, those examples from WorldCat barely scratch the surface.
Huckleberry Finn in LibraryThing comes a little closer to what FRBR can lead to:
http://www.librarything.com/work/3093889/summary
The work-to-work relationships which are absent in WorldCat are present here:
Work - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:
"is contained in"
"has the adaptation"
"is abridged in"
"inspired"
"has as a study"
"has as a commentary on the text"
"has as a student's study guide"
I would also suggest reading up on what a "strawman" fallacy is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawman
Thomas Brenndorfer
Guelph Public Library
Received on Wed Aug 10 2011 - 10:27:34 EDT