bibliographic networks - constructed by scholars, librarians + attentive readers

Ronald Murray's talk [1] about a FRBR paper tool for Moby Dick is quite interesting. It could also be mined for a use case. I particularly liked what he said about "an overlap of descriptive interests between scholars, librarians and attentive readers".

-Jodi



[1] Murray, Ronald J., Tillett, Barbara B. (Collab.) From Moby-Dick To Mashups: Thinking About Bibliographic Networks. Washington DC: American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference.
http://files.me.com/kandroma1/h3h5oo



slide 182:
"Some of the relationships (Gets_Copies) between these printings reflect the acquisition of printed pages by three publishers.
While this kind of information is not usually employed by catalogers, it is known to many scholars and to attentive readers. This information can provide evidence for defining a FRBR relationship, and suggests an overlap of descriptive interests between scholars, librarians and attentive readers"