TY - JOUR
T1 - The Use of RDA Elements in Support of FRBR User Tasks
AU - Hider, Philip
AU - Liu, Ying-Hsang
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: month (773h) = November, 2013; Journal title (773t) = Cataloging and Classification Quarterly. ISSNs: 0163-9374;
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - Resource Description and Access (RDA) stipulates that certain "core" elements should always be included, where applicable, in bibliographic and authority records, due to their importance in supporting the user tasks defined in Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records. However, the elements' relative importance has not been empirically tested. This study investigates which elements in bibliographic records are currently most used in a university library catalog, by means of think-aloud sessions conducted by expert and non-expert users, who were assigned sets of typical bibliographic tasks. The results indicate that, in this context at least, the most utilized elements are not all core.
AB - Resource Description and Access (RDA) stipulates that certain "core" elements should always be included, where applicable, in bibliographic and authority records, due to their importance in supporting the user tasks defined in Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records. However, the elements' relative importance has not been empirically tested. This study investigates which elements in bibliographic records are currently most used in a university library catalog, by means of think-aloud sessions conducted by expert and non-expert users, who were assigned sets of typical bibliographic tasks. The results indicate that, in this context at least, the most utilized elements are not all core.
KW - Open access version available
KW - Catalog use
KW - Core elements
KW - FRBR
KW - RDA
U2 - 10.1080/01639374.2013.825827
DO - 10.1080/01639374.2013.825827
M3 - Article
SN - 0163-9374
VL - 51
SP - 857
EP - 872
JO - Cataloging and Classification Quarterly
JF - Cataloging and Classification Quarterly
IS - 8
ER -