The FRBR Model 2025

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The document presents the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) model, developed by IFLA to conceptualize the bibliographic universe through entities, relationships, and attributes. It outlines user tasks related to cataloging and emphasizes the importance of FRBR in modern library systems and cataloging codes. The model categorizes entities into three groups: products of intellectual endeavor (work, expression, manifestation, item), those responsible for content (person, corporate body), and subjects of works (concept, object, event, place). The presentation discusses the implications of FRBR on cataloging practices and its potential for enhancing bibliographic control in a digital environment.

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What is the FRBR conceptual model?

FRBR is a conceptual model with the pri- mary purpose of improving cataloging records (a product), cataloging (a process), and catalogs (a technology). Conceptual models (in the systems world, these are some- times called abstract models) are theoretical models.

What is the FRBR model?

Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR /ˈfɜːrbər/) is a conceptual entityrelationship model developed by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) that relates user tasks of retrieval and access in online library catalogues and bibliographic databases from a users

What are the four FRBR user tasks?

User Tasks The first four IFLA LRM tasks (find, identify, select, obtain) are defined as generalizations of the four FRBR tasks of the same names. The tasks find and identify are also generalized to cover the FRAD and FRSAD tasks of the same names; select is generalized so as to include the FRSAD select task as well.

What are the elements of FRBR?

The FRBR model includes four levels of representation: work, expression, manifestation, and item.

What are the basic components of a bibliographic record?

They generally provide information about authors, titles, publication dates, subject headings, and call numbers. For detailed information on how libraries represent these descriptive fields, click Staff View within the catalogs listing of an item. Each number represents controlled and searchable information.