FRBRization: αναζητώντας το “κλειδί” για τον εντοπισμό των Έργων

The conceptual model of FRBR is an area that receives increasing attention, both within the limited boundaries of automated library catalogues and beyond them, as a vehicle that will allow libraries' catalogues to make it towards a more functional interface and interoperate with other organizations who manage information and content. Unfortunately millions of records -coded in various formats- cannot be re-catalogued. So, it is necessary to develop methods and tools to convert the existing records according to the structures defined by the FRBR. This study examines the procedures for converting traditional bibliographic records into records that have adopted the FRBR logic. This process, namely FRBRization, has many aspects. The focus of our study is the process of detecting bibliographic records belonging to the same Work. The study examines both the international practice of producing keys to create groups of records belonging to the same Work, and the specific conditions identified in the Greek on line catalogues. We, also, investigate how effective would be to apply the “OCLC Work Set Clustering algorithm” in the Greek data. Finally, considering both the international practice and the Greek data, we suggest some improvements which increase the efficiency of the overall process