Cataloguing and Indexing Group

• CIG is the Cataloguing and Indexing Group of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.
• If your work involves the organisation, storage, retrieval or dissemination of bibliographic information, then CIG is the professional group which most appropriately reflects your interests.
• Through membership of CIG you can contribute to the promotion and maintenance of bibliographic standards and keep in touch with modern developments.

• CIG is actively engaged in the maintenance of current bibliographic standards, such as AACR2, DDC, MARC formats and the ISBDs, nominating members to serve on those organisations responsible for their development.
• CIG unites all those with an interest in bibliographic control, including not only librarians but also colleagues from the book trade.
• CIG holds an annual residential seminar and other meetings and workshops throughout the year.
• CIG publishes a quarterly journal Catalogue & Index and other specialist publications. Catalogue & Index is issued free to all members of CIG.
• CIG advises CILIP on matters concerning bibliographic control.

• Library catalogues, databases, systems or networks
• Information storage, organisation and retrieval, whether within local or remote databases
• The production and use of bibliographic and similar tools and indexes for information recorded in any documentary, audiovisual or electronic form.                                                            

Objectives
 

• To promote excellence and to develop and encourage appropriate standards of practice related to the organisation, storage and retrieval of information.
• To encourage the provision of appropriate education, training and continuing professional development by maintaining close contact with educational institutions and other training agencies, including other CILIP groups; and by means of suitable courses, seminars and workshops organised by the Group.
• To provide a forum for exploring managerial and economic implications of technical developments in the field, as well as helping to provide informed technical input to managerial decisions.
• To initiate and maintain close liaison with organisations and agencies at local, regional, national and international level which will aid the furtherance of the Groups's aims.
• To encourage and ensure input by CILIP members to specific national and international standards institutions operating in the Group's fields of interest, and to seek CIG representation on their governing or coordinating bodies where appropriate.
• To advise CILIP on any matters relevant to the Groups' fields of interest.
• To improve access to information by encouraging the design of user-friendly systems based on users' needs.
• To identify areas needing research within the Group's fields of interest and to encourage or stimulate such research whether by CIG members or others.
• To disseminate information on current innovations, standards and practice within the Group's fields of interest.
• To bring together experts, practitioners and others to facilitate the sharing of experience and exchange of ideas within the Group's fields of interest.
• Within the terms of the above aims and objectives, the Cataloguing and Indexing Group sees its role as bringing together an increasingly diverse set of CILIP's members who may include:
   
• Cataloguers
• Classifiers
• Indexers
• Systems Librarians or Managers
• Systems Designers and Suppliers
• Stock Managers
• Acquisitions Librarians
• Network Managers
• Document Supply Librarians
• Members of the Book Trade
• Library/Information Educators
• Library/Information Researchers
• Library/Information Students