FRBR

Question 1

FRBR

Answer 1

Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records

Question 2

FRBR Definition

Answer 2

• A conceptual theoretical model (a way of thinking rather than a method).

Question 3

FRBR Origin

Answer 3

Released in 1998.

Question 4

4 FRBR User Tasks

Answer 4

1. Find
2. Identify
3. Select
4. Obtain

Question 5

1. Find

Answer 5

Find one or more entities that correspond to the search criteria of the user.

Question 6

2. Identify

Answer 6

Identify and confirm that an entity retrieved corresponds to the entity sought by the user.

Question 7

3. Select

Answer 7

Select an entity that meets the user’s requirements with regard to content, physical format, etc.

Question 8

4. Obtain

Answer 8

Obtain access to the selected entity described.

Question 9

Entity Group 1

Answer 9

Products of intellectual or artistic endeavour.

1. Work
2. Expression
3. Manifestation
4. Item

WORK
is realised through…
EXPRESSION
is embodied in…
MANIFESTATION
is exemplified by…
ITEM

*One work can be realised through one or more expressions, but an expression realises only one work.

Question 10

1. Work

Answer 10

An abstract intellectual or artistic creation.

E.g.
The constellation of concepts and ideas that form the shared content of all expressions of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe.

Question 11

2. Expression

Answer 11

Distinct combinations of signs, symbols, notation, sounds, images, etc., used to convey the intellectual or artistic content of a work.

E.g.
Original English language text of Robinson Crusoe as Defoe wrote it.

Question 12

3. Manifestation

Answer 12

• A physical resource in which an expression of a work appears.
• The set of all carriers that are assumed to share the same characteristics as to the content and aspects of physical form.

E.g.
A set of physical books published by Oxford University Press in 2007.

Question 13

4. Item

Answer 13

• An individual copy of a physical resource.
• An object carrying signs intended to convey intellectual or artistic content.

E.g.
A copy owned by UCD Library.

Question 14

Entity Group 2

Answer 14

Those responsible for the

• Intellectual or artistic content
• Physical production and dissemination
• Custodianship

of the entities in the first group.

1. Persons
2. Corporate bodies

Question 15

Entity Group 3

Answer 15

Subjects

1. Concept
2. Object
3. Event
4. Place

+ all the entities in Groups 1 and 2.

Question 16

FRBR Video

Answer 16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPBpP0wbWTg