CATALOGING WORKING GROUP

CHARGE: The following charge for CWG (formerly known as the OPAC Records Working Group) is taken from the Access Strategy Team report, User Access to Library Information Resources, dated March 14, 2005:

The OPAC Records Working Group will have responsibility, within the overall guidelines provided by the Content Access Policy and
Technology Group and based on relevant state, national, and international standards, for formulating, documenting, and publicizing
cataloging, classification, authority control, and holdings policy and principles for the Library's MARC-based collections. ORWG will also
propose changes as needed in the Library's overall content access principles and policy to the Content Access Policy and Technology
Group. Members of the OPAC Records Working Group will be thoroughly experienced with the functionality of the Voyager cataloging client
and the effects of cataloging practice on the UIUC online catalog. They will collaboratively plan for Library-wide use of the Voyager cataloging client (current and future releases), maintain the Voyager tag tables, work to streamline existing practices and workflows associated with MARC operations, assist the ISCC Training Team in developing faculty/staff training sessions on MARC operations, and coordinate the upgrades and introduction of cataloging tools and rules (such as Connexion, Cataloger's Desktop, WebDewey, AACR3, etc.) for the Library. http://www.library.uiuc.edu/accessstrategy/accessrept.html  The charge of ORWG will thus encompass responsibility for deciding issues of practical procedure, including authorizations, documentation and training, as well as policy.