Functionality of Iran MARC Personal Name Authority Records Based on Functional Requirements of Authority Data (FRAD) Model

The structure and content compatability of personal name authority records in Iran Marc with FRAD model. Methodology/Approach: A combination of Delphi، survey and case study were employed. According to the results the mean structure compatability of Iran MARC name authority records with FRAD model is 88. 75. The highest and lowest structure compatability rates are related to “contextualize” and “identify” user tasks with 99. 07 and 78. 3 wighted scores respectively. Also، the mean content compatability of IranMARC name authority records with FRAD model is 25. 02. The highest and lowest content compatability are pertained to “justify” and “find” user tasks with 37. 82 and 18. 26 weighted scores respectively. IranMARC has the maximum structure and content compatability with FRAD model in “contextualize” and “justify” user tasks. It is suggested that National Library of Iran puts more attention on user tasks related to end-users.