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Library and Archives Canada (LAC) presents a talk on Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR)

Join us for the second session of the seminar series, New Directions in Description, to hear Chris Oliver, from McGill University, speak on:

Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records and its Impact on Resource Description

The model described in the 1998 report from the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (www.ifla.org/VII/s13/frbr/frbr.htm external link to the IFLA Site), is the topic of much discussion in bibliographic and archival communities. The FRBR model is changing the way we talk about resource description. It is having an impact on how descriptive data is structured, retrieved and displayed.

This presentation will give a brief overview of the model, focusing particularly on the group 1 entities: work, expression, manifestation and item. The model is not tied to a particular cataloguing code or communication format and thus insights gained from applying the FRBR model can benefit any community committed to resource description.

The FRBR model has had a significant impact on the cataloguing community, both throughout the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) community and the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR) community. The presentation will also focus on some of the ways in which the cataloguing community is integrating FRBR concepts and will look particularly at how the AACR community is using the FRBR theoretical framework to shape the new edition of the rules, AACR3.

Chris Oliver is the Head of Library Technical Services at the McGill University Libraries and Chair of the Canadian Committee on Cataloguing, which provides the Canadian perspective on the revision and development of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules.

The presentation will be in English, with simultaneous translation, and will last approximately an hour. Questions will be taken in both languages after the presentation. This talk will be of interest to those in the archival and library communities.

When: Thursday, February 17, 2005, 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Where: Auditorium, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa.

Admission is free