Library description worksheet

After you have described your naming conventions, you should describe the libraries on your system. Libraries identify and organize objects on your system.

Placing similar files together in one library allows users easy access to critical applications and files. You can also customize your users’ authorities, so that they can access some libraries, but not others. Describe all libraries that are on your system for each application. You may need to prepare more than one Library description form. Fill out only the descriptive information about the library. When you plan resource security for the library you will fill out the rest of the Library description form. You will need to add information about authorities to the libraries later. See Planning security for application libraries for details on completing the remainder on the Library description form. Before you continue, be sure to complete the library and file parts of the Naming conventions worksheet, and the descriptive information on the Library description worksheet for each application library.
Table 1. Library Description worksheet
Library description worksheet  
Prepared by: Date:
Instructions:
  • Learn about this worksheet in Determine library ownership.
  • Use this worksheet to describe your main libraries and define resource security requirements for them.
  • Fill out one worksheet for each major application library on your system.
Library name: Descriptive name (text):
Briefly describe the function of this library:  
Define the security objectives for the library, such as whether any information is confidential:  
Public authority to the library:  
Public authority to objects in the library:  
Public authority for new objects (CRTAUT):  
Library owner:  
Parent topic: Plan library security