Coyle's InFormation

Originally posted to the RDA list. The RDA scope document defines some basic concepts that presumably will be used throughout RDA. Some of t...

Because it makes use of an entity-relationship model, FRBR consists of two primary concepts: things and relationships. (I often think of the...

There's been talk and action lately around libraries making use of data provided by publishers or retailers. What little experience I ha...

Notes from the meeting on Nov. 13 of the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control. These are my notes and should NOT be taken to...

The use of hierarchy as an organizing principle keeps coming up. I think we are attracted to hierarchy because of its neatness, even though ...

Lately I've had occasion to work with a few different groups of people who are delving into library bibliographic data for the first tim...

No, I'm not sending libraries to the emergency room, although there are days when I feel like we're at that point. The ER in the tit...