Bibliography for Data Format Issues

This is the bibliography page for the Next Generation Data Format discussion. Add here any articles or web sites related to the topic. Add further subdivisions of topics if necessary. Links to the various metadata standards are on the Metadata page.

Books, Articles, Reports

The Future of MARC

• Library Hi Tech Special Issues on the Future of MARC
  • (Individual articles if available)
• Roy Tennant's MARC Must Die
• Yee, Martha M. New Perspectives on the Shared Cataloging Environment and a MARC 21 Shopping List. Library Resources & Technical Services vol. 48, no. 3, 2004:165-178. Also available at the California Digital Library eScholarship Repository, http://repositories.cdlib.org/postprints/365/
• Yee, Martha. Viewpoints: One Catalog or No Catalog? ALCTS Newsletter vol. 10, no. 4, 1999:13-17.

FRBR and Related Efforts

• Davis, Ian and Richard Newman Expression of Core FRBR Concepts in RDF
• Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR). Final Report
• Glenn Patton, FRANAR: A Conceptual Model for Authority Data, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 38, no. 3/4 (2004), p. 91-104
• Glenn Patton, Extending FRBR to Authorities, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 39, no. 3/4 (2005), p. 39-48.
• CIDOC (The International Committee for Documentation of the International Council of Museums), FRBR object-oriented definition and mapping to the FRBRer. Start at: FRBRoo Introduction.
• Yee, Martha M. FRBRization: a Method for Turning Online Public Finding Lists into Online Public Catalogs. Information Technology and Libraries vol. 24, no. 3, 2005:77-95. Also available at the California Digital Library eScholarship Repository, http://repositories.cdlib.org/postprints/715/

Discussion Online

Key Web Pages

• MARC21
• MODS
• MADS
• RDA: Resource Description and Access
• Data Model Meeting wiki

Email discussion lists

• MARC@loc.gov
• MODS@loc.gov
• RDA-L@infoserve.nlc-bna.ca
• NGC4LIB@listserv.nd.edu

Blogs

• The FRBR Blog