Tori McGillen-Choi

The Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records was a fascinating look into a conceptual data model with which I had little prior familiarity. With software, I feel it is easy to get stuck in the headspace of a specific use case, and build practical data models only for what’s needed for the function of the application. When reading about FRBR, I realized that starting at the conceptual level could help “future proof” a data model. This visual from the FRBR reading was

I had used Zotero last quarter to help me track, cite, and provide my sources to others. Zotero was already installed, so my first action was to create an organizational structure using folders so that my new LIS 530 data had its own place. My “Readings_export” folder that I dragged and dropped into Zotero. I decided to upload my entire “LIS 530 Readings” folder to see how Zotero would handle the data. It was my first time using the drag and drop feature with PDFs, and I was