The IFLA FRBR Study has had a profound impact on international bibliographic control practices since its formal acceptance by IFLA in 1997. The article provides a brief history of the IFLA Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) Study that was undertaken by a study group appointed by the IFLA Standing Committee of the Section on Cataloguing and the IFLA Division of Bibliographic Control. This history describes the relationship between the FRBR study and a pivotal seminar on bibliographic control held in August 1990 in Stockholm. The article then explores the study group membership, including its commentators and consultants; the project charge; the study process; and several key issues leading up to the publication of its final report.
BT - Cataloging & Classification Quarterly IS - 3/4 LA - English N2 -The IFLA FRBR Study has had a profound impact on international bibliographic control practices since its formal acceptance by IFLA in 1997. The article provides a brief history of the IFLA Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) Study that was undertaken by a study group appointed by the IFLA Standing Committee of the Section on Cataloguing and the IFLA Division of Bibliographic Control. This history describes the relationship between the FRBR study and a pivotal seminar on bibliographic control held in August 1990 in Stockholm. The article then explores the study group membership, including its commentators and consultants; the project charge; the study process; and several key issues leading up to the publication of its final report.
PY - 2005 SP - 15 EP - 37 T2 - Cataloging & Classification Quarterly TI - The Origins of the IFLA Study on Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records VL - 39 ER -