FIMS Profile

Alex Mayhew is currently researching the use of phylogenetic trees and textual memes as a replacement for FRBR's four tier model and a way to integrate user participation into library catalogues. This new cataloguing paradigm is called Phylomemetics.

• Campbell, D. G., & Mayhew, A. (2017). A Phylogenetic Approach to Bibliographic Families and Relationships. NASKO, 6(1), 12-20.
• Mayhew, A. (2017). Extending the FRBR model: A proposal for a Group 4. FIMS Working Papers. Scholarship@Western Repository, University of Western Ontario.