[Yulcat-l] FW: [OLAC-L] Announcing OLAC's prototype FRBR-inspired moving image discovery interface

[Arakawa, Steven]

This might be the link to start with for background:
http://blazing-sunset-24.heroku.com/page/about

Since the database is quite small, take a look at the Sample Searches page:
http://blazing-sunset-24.heroku.com/page/samples


Steven Arakawa 
Catalog Librarian for Training & Documentation
Catalog & Metadata Services, SML, Yale University
P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240  
(203)432-8286 steven.arakawa at yale.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: OnLine Audiovisual Catalogers electronic discussion list. [mailto:OLAC-L at OCLC.ORG] On Behalf Of Kelley McGrath
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 12:09 AM
To: OLAC-L at OCLC.ORG
Subject: [OLAC-L] Announcing OLAC's prototype FRBR-inspired moving image discovery interface

 OLAC is excited to announce the availability of our prototype for a 
 FRBR-inspired, work-centric, faceted discovery interface for moving 
 images at http://blazing-sunset-24.heroku.com.

 The OLAC Work-Centric Moving Image Discovery Interface Prototype is an 
 exploration of the possibilities of leveraging the Functional 
 Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) model and faceted search 
 to improve access to moving image materials held by libraries and 
 archives.

 This prototype was funded by OLAC. Chris Fitzpatrick developed the 
 demonstration interface to meet OLAC’s specifications using the free 
 open source tools Ruby on Rails, Solr, and the Blacklight and Hydra 
 plug-ins. This project was only possible due to the contributions of a 
 great many people, some of whom are listed at 
 http://blazing-sunset-24.heroku.com/page/credits.

 In this demonstration interface we present the user with a two-level 
 view inspired by the FRBR model. The top level, labeled Movie or 
 Program, provides information about the FRBR Work and what we are 
 calling the Primary Expression, usually the first publicly-released 
 Expression. Facets for the Work/Primary Expression level are displayed 
 across the top of the screen and the records found in the hit list 
 contain information about the Work and Primary Expression. The second 
 level, labeled Version, includes information about Expressions (language 
 options), Manifestations (format and publication date), and in a very 
 basic way about Items (what libraries or archives hold a particular 
 Manifestation). Facets for the Version level are displayed separately on 
 the side of the screen and information about the particular Versions 
 that meet the user’s qualifications are displayed below each 
 Work/Primary Expression.

 An overview of the goals of the interface is available at 
 http://blazing-sunset-24.heroku.com/page/about. Some suggested sample 
 searches and potential use cases may be seen at 
 http://blazing-sunset-24.heroku.com/page/samples.

 We invite you to check it out and send us your feedback. Comments, 
 questions, complaints, and suggestions may be sent to me at 
 kelleym at uoregon.edu. Also, if you are interested in contributing to a 
 larger grant project to try to bring this idea into a production 
 environment, please contact me.

 Kelley McGrath
 Metadata Management Librarian
 University of Oregon
 kelleym at uoregon.edu