Ninth International ISKO Conference in Vienna (Austria) July 5-7, 2006

OCLC ResearchOCLC Online Computer Library Center

Ninth International ISKO Conference in Vienna (Austria)July 5-7, 2006

Julianne BeallLibrary of Congress

Diane Vizine-GoetzOCLC Research

Finding Fiction: Facilitating Access to Works of the Imagination Scattered by Form and Format


Fiction: broad and narrow definitions

Broad definition: Stories of imagined events, e.g., novels, short

stories, fairy tales, fables, films, comics, interactive fiction

Narrow definition: Fictional prose--only novels or short stories


OCLC FictionFinder uses narrow definition

Good representation of textual novels and short stories

Inconsistent, limited coverage of fiction in poetry and drama, comics and graphic novels

No coverage of television and films Based on MARC coding for fiction in existing

catalog records


FictionFinder

Supports searching & browsing of fiction materials cataloged in WorldCat Fiction records — 2.8 million Unique works — 1.4 million Total holdings — 130 million

Employs FRBR to: Build a “work” view & cluster related records Support the creation of special indexes


Work

Expression

Is realized through

Is exemplified by

Item

ManifestationIs embodied in

A distinct intellectual or artistic creation

The intellectual or artistic realization of a work

The physical embodiment of an expression

A single exemplar of a manifestation

FRBR Group 1 Entities


OCLC FRBR work set algorithm is used to group related records

Original Illustrated edition

Spanishedition

Abridgededition

Video

Expressions

Work¹ Work²

e¹ e² e³ e¹

Mr. Collins... protested that he never read novels

http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/mcolnrnv.gif


FictionFinder

Slide 1 A search for ‘Jane Austen’ in FictionFinder

illustrates the prototype’s good coverage of textual novels

Slide 2 A work view based on the FRBR grouping is used in

indexing and displays


FictionFinder

Slide 3 A search for ‘Fantastic four’ illustrates

FictionFinder’s uneven coverage of materials broadly defined as fiction, e.g., comics and graphic novels


Comic books & graphic novels

Many works and editions are missing because the MARC21 element for Literary form is not coded ‘fiction’ or ‘comic strips’

For example, Fantastic four: into the breach is missing, but would be included under broader definition of fiction

http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/oclc/49217970


Expanding coverage of FictionFinder

This study aims to expand the coverage of FictionFinder To include fiction in comics, graphic novels,

television, and films For people interested in finding a good story,

regardless of form or format Using the Dewey Decimal Classification


Dewey categories

This study also seeks to display results in categories based on Dewey numbers in records, e.g.: English fiction Comics and graphic novels Movies and films Television


Live Search

Slide 1 The Live Search prototype, developed by Thom

Hickey, presents the results of a search for ‘Jane Austen’ categorized by Dewey

Slide 2 The results list is limited to Public Performances

(DDC 791) which includes a BBC television production and a film version of Pride and Prejudice


Dewey 700s vs. 800s

700 The arts Fine and decorative arts Formats that combine literary text with other arts Comic books, opera, theater, films, television

800 Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric Limited to purely textual works


Dewey numbers to be added to an expanded FictionFinder

741.5 Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips

791.43 Motion pictures 791.45 Television Selected subdivisions of these numbers


Dewey Number = 741.5 (27,522 records)

33%

9%58%

Edition in FictionFinder

Edition not in FF

Neither Work norEdition in FF


References & Links

Beall, Julianne, and Diane Vizine-Goetz. Forthcoming. “Finding Fiction: Facilitating Access to Works of the Imagination Scattered by Form and Format.” In Knowledge Organization for a Global Learning Society. Ninth International ISKO Conference, Vienna, Austria, 4-7 July 2006, International Society for Knowledge Organization.

Dewey Decimal Classificationhttp://www.oclc.org/dewey/

http://www.oclc.org/dewey/


References & Links

Hickey, Thom. 2005. “Work in progress.” Outgoing : Library metadata techniques and trends. http://outgoing.typepad.com/outgoing/2005/12/work_in_progres.html

OCLC Research

http://www.oclc.org/research/

http://outgoing.typepad.com/outgoing/2005/12/work_in_progres.html

http://outgoing.typepad.com/outgoing/2005/12/work_in_progres.html

http://www.oclc.org/research/

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