Working members have been chosen,
please do not submit applications to the OLIS.

The specific timetable to deal with the above concerns is as follows:

Formation of the group: by Jan. 31, 2001.

Priority one:
Authority control

Assumption: authority control in the union catalog will serve two purposes: 1) enrich the union catalog by linking with bibliographic records supplied by SUNY institutions 2) provide unlinked LC authority records for use by all SUNY institutions

By Mar. 2001 Purchase LC NAF/SAF;
how frequently to be updated
Purchase MeSH

Codes

By Apr. 2001
Work with pilot sites and Access Management Work Group to assure consistent and non-redundant set of codes

Indexing of union catalog

By June 2001
Bearing in mind the need to develop minimum standards for all SUNYConnect participants, develop indexing specifications for the union catalog

Record consolidation in union catalog

By Sept. 2001
Develop specifications for single instance of bibliographic record as recommended by ALEPH Configuration Team

Workflow

By Sept. 2001
Make recommendations for workflow between union catalog and local catalog Contributing local authority records to the union catalog Using records from union catalog or other SUNYConnect institutions Contributing local bibliographic records to the union catalog

As first record
As second or later record
Which records may be retained at local level only

Priority two:
Minimum standards for indexing

By Sept. 2001
Develop minimum standards for index points in all SUNYConnect catalogs
Use guidelines for Z39.50 connectivity
Use experience of pilot sites

Discussion of Centralized cataloging

By June 2002
In the context of having developed record consolidation and workflows in priority one, begin discussion of concept of master bibliographic record created at central level and sent to local level

a) workflows
b) authorizations needed
c) changes permitted
d) infrastructure

Content of Union Catalog

By Dec. 2002
Should SUNYConnect purchase GPO records to use as resource for all SUNY

Should SUNYConnect provide metadata for electronic resources as a resource for all SUNY

a) Resources provided through SUNYConnect only
b) Resources available freely
c) elements/kind of metadata

1) full MARC
2) partial MARC
3) Dublin Core
4) Other

Priority three:
By Dec. 2003
Additional resource files

How useful?
How confusing to patron?
Suggestions: Center for Research Libraries database; major microforms; etc.

Remote storage

Develop guidelines for maintenance of remote storage records Reside on local system or only central?

Appointment term: two years

Qualifications: General attributes: Ability to work in a group environment. Fast learner. Ability to work to deadline. Ability to hit the ground running. Ability to apply concrete experience to abstract, generalized situations. Flexibility. Sense of humor. Ability to represent constituencies: institution (research center, community college, etc.) or specialty (authority control; cataloging; indexing; etc.) Willingness to create "satellite" groups to work on focused topics.

Specific attributes: Required: Experience migrating from one system to another or installing first LMS. Experience with indexing parameters. Knowledge of the MARC bibliographic and authorities formats. Experience using an automated authority control system.