Really interesting reading the last 2 weeks since the LC working group released their interim draft report. There's been a lot of talk on the cataloging discussion lists and in the blogosphere about the seemingly contentious section 4.2, "Realization of FRBR":
- Develop test plan for FRBR
- Temporarily suspend work on RDA
One example of testing that's already been done on FRBR is described in an excellent article by Jennifer Bowen, FRBR: Coming Soon to Your Library? [pdf] Part of the article describes testing done by the Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR (JSC) on the FRBR group 1 entity expression. The JSC's Format Variation Working Group (FVWG) was charged to work on this issue and tests were carried out.
FVWG’s first terms of reference asked the group to investigate the feasibility of creating catalog records at the level of the FRBR Group 1 entity expression, rather than at the level of the entity manifestation, as is the current practice for most library cataloging. In order to assess the practicality of such a dramatic change to current cataloging practice, the working group undertook an experiment to create catalog records for expressions that exist in multiple manifestations.
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