The objectives of cataloguing, the technology and the user interface

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The objectives of cataloguing, the technology and
the user interface

• Knut Hegna
• University of Oslo
• Informatics library

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In the year 1545
Bibliotheca Universalis, or Very extensive
catalogue including all writings, in three
languages, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, existing and
non-existing, old and new to this date, scholarly
and non-scholarly, published and hidden in the
libraries. A new work, necessary not only when a
establishing public and private libraries, but
very useful for all that studies any art or
science as a better fundament for the studies.
Author Conrad Gesner, doctor in medicine,
Tigurino (Zürich)
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Objectives, rules and principles

• Objectives
• what we want to achieve
• Rules
• how we achieve it
• Principles
• character of the rules

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Objectives and rules Cutter 1904

• 1. To enable a person to find a book of which
  either
• A. the author
• B. the title is known
• C. the subject
• 2. To show what the library has
• D. by a given author
• E. on a given subject
• F. in a given kind of literature
• 3. To assist in the choice of a book
• G. as to its edition
• H. as to its character

• 1. Author-entry with the necessary references
  (for A and D)
• 2. Title-entry og title-reference (for B)
• 3. Subject-entry, cross-references and classed
  subject-table (for C and E)
• 4. Form-entry and language-entry (for F)
• 5. Giving edition and imprint, with notes when
  necessary (for G)
• 6. Notes (for H)

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Card catalogue structure - author with extensive
production

• Single works in chronological order of
  publication
• Originals, including manuscripts
• Reprints
• Translations in foreign languages
• Parodies
• Criticism, etc., of single works
• Collected works in chronological order of
  publication
• Author's editions
• Editor's editions
• Selections
• Paraphrases and condensed versions
• Dramatic versions of works
• Musical settings of works
• ...
• Biblography
• Index

James Duff Brown. 1916
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The Paris objectives - 1961

• To decide
• 1. Whether the library contains a particular book
  
• specified by
• a. its authors and title, or
• b. if no author is named in the book, its
  title alone, or
• c. if author or title are inappropriate or
• insufficient for identification, a suitable
  
• substitute for the title
• 2. a. which works by a particular author
• b. which editions of a work
• are in the library.

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FRBR model (1998) - the short versionER
Entities, attributes, Relations

• entities of which there are ten, divided in
  three groups
• Group 1 works, expressions of the works,
  manifestations of the expression (documents), and
  items (copies) of the manifestations. Works and
  expressions are abstract. Manifestations and
  items relate to physical publications.
• Group 2 responsibility entities - persons and
  corporate bodies.
• Group 3 subject entities - concepts, places,
  events and objects. The other entities might also
  appear as subject entities.
• attributes the entities are described through
  their attributes. Some examples a person has a
  name and birth date a work has a title a
  manifestation has a date of publication and an
  identification number (e.g. ISBN) an item (copy)
  has a call number.
• relations are defined as links or references
  between the entities. A work is created by a
  person. It is a relation between the work and the
  author of the work. Some other relations a work
  is realized through one or more expressions an
  expression is embodied in one or more
  manifestations a manifestation is exemplified by
  one or more items.

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Entities and relationsGroup 1
Group 2
created by
Heart of darkness
Joseph Conrad
Heart of darkness
Selected works
edited by
Heart of dark. critical edition
Robert Kimbrough
is realized through
read by
David Threlfall
Heart of dark. sound rec
Heart of dark. CD version
translated by
Det inderste mørke
Sigurd Hoel
Ungdom
published by
Gyldendal
Mørkets hjerte
Mørkets hjerte 1992
Mørkets hjerte 1999
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The objectives of FRBR

• to find
• entities that correspond to the user's stated
  search criteria
• to identify
• i.e to confirm that the entity described
  corresponds to the entity sought
• to select
• an entity that is appropriate to the user's needs
  or to reject an entity as being inappropriate
• to obtain
• the entity described through purchase, loan or
  through electronic access

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Svenonius objectives

• To find/locate
• a single document
• sets of all documents
• belonging to the same work
• belonging to the same edition
• by a given author
• on a given subject
• defined by other criteria
• To navigate in a bibliographic database
• to find works related to a given work by
  generalization,association and aggregation
• to find attributes related by equivalence,
  association and hierarchy

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OPAC display guidelines

• User needs principles
• Content and arrangement principles
• Standardization principle

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OPAC display guidelines

• User needs principles
• Content and arrangement principles
• display what is asked for and needed for further
  action
• display records in an order meaningful to the
  user, rather than in a random order, when several
  records are retrieved
• support navigation from the displayed information
  to related information
• Standardization principle

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Conrad
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Conrad
Conrady, August 1864-1925
Conrad von Hötzendorf, Franz
Conradson, Ivar 1884-1968
Conradi, Johan Gottfried 1820-1896
Conradi, Andreas Christian 1809-1868
Conrad, Michael Georg 1846-1927
Conrad, Joseph 1857-1924
psevd for Teodor Jozef Konrad Korzeniowski
Joseph Conrad
Novels
Almayers folly The arrow of gold Chance Heart of
darkness Lord Jim The nigger of the
Narcissus ...
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Conrad
Conrady, August 1864-1925
Conrad von Hötzendorf, Franz
Conradson, Ivar 1884-1968
Conradi, Johan Gottfried 1820-1896
Conradi, Andreas Christian 1809-1868
Conrad, Michael Georg 1846-1927
Conrad, Joseph 1857-1924
psevd for Teodor Jozef Konrad Korzeniowski
Joseph Conrad
Short stories
An anarchist Because of the dollars The brute The
duel (a military tale) Falk a reminiscence Gaspar
Ruiz The idiots
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Conrad
Conrady, August 1864-1925
Conrad von Hötzendorf, Franz
Conradson, Ivar 1884-1968
Conradi, Johan Gottfried 1820-1896
Conradi, Andreas Christian 1809-1868
Conrad, Michael Georg 1846-1927
Conrad, Joseph 1857-1924
psevd for Teodor Jozef Konrad Korzeniowski
Joseph Conrad
Novels
Almayers folly The arrow of gold Chance Heart of
darkness Lord Jim The nigger of the
Narcissus ...
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Conrad
Under Western eyes
The shadow line
The secret agent
Nostromo
The Nigger of the Narcissus
Lord Jim
Heart of darkness 1902 by
Joseph Conrad
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Heart of darkness
Languages
Coeur des ténébres French Heart of darkness
English Herz der Finsternis German Det
inderste mørke Norwegian Jadro ciemnos'ci
Polish Mørkets hjerte Norwegian Mörkrets
hjärta Swedish
Works based on Heart of darkness
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Conrad
Mörkrets hjärta Swedish
Jadro ciemnos'ci Polish
Det inderste mørke Norwegian
Herz der Finsternis German
Coeur des ténébres French
Heart of darkness English
Mørkets hjerte
by Joseph Conrad
1st. Norwegian edition Det inderste
mørke
Original title Heart of darkness
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Editions
Mørkets hjerte 1992 translator
Sigurd Hoel
series 20.århundre Mørket
s hjerte 1999 translator Sigurd
Hoel
series Gyldendal
klassiker Mørkets hjerte 2003
translator Bjørg Hawthorn
series
Kagge pocket
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Conrad
Mörkrets hjärta Swedish
Jadro ciemnos'ci Polish
Det inderste mørke Norwegian
Herz der Finsternis German
Coeur des ténébres French
Conrad, Joseph Mørkets hjerte / Joseph Conrad
oversatt av Sigurd Hoel. Oslo Gyldendal,
1992. - 148, 1 s. 21 cm. - (20. århundre).
(823S) Originaltittel Heart of darkness.
Utgitt første gang på norsk 1929 med tittel
Det inderste mørke ISBN 82-05-20923-5 (h.) Nkr
148.00
Heart of darkness English
Mørkets hjerte
by Joseph Conrad
1st. Norwegian edition Det inderste
mørke
Original title Heart of darkness
-
Editions
Mørkets hjerte 1992 translator
Sigurd Hoel
series 20.århundre Mørket
s hjerte 1999 translator Sigurd
Hoel
series Gyldendal
klassiker Mørkets hjerte 2003
translator Bjørg Hawthorn
series
Kagge pocket
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• Still I can not help thinking
• that the golden age of cataloging is over,
• and that the difficulties and discussions
• which have furnished an innocent pleasure to so
  many
• will interest them no more.
• Another lost art.

Charles A. Cutter, 1904