Process

Application Process

Pre-publication

• Participating publishers submit via PrePub Book Link
  • A completed CIP Request
  • The full text or, at minimum, core required materials to the Library of Congress for each eligible title
• The CIP Program staff member
  • Reviews the application and text for completeness and eligibility
  • Assigns a Library of Congress Control Number
  • Forwards the application to the appropriate cataloging section
• The cataloger
  • Completes the descriptive cataloging
  • Assigns subject headings
  • Assigns full Library of Congress Classification
  • May add the Dewey Decimal Classification per the new policy
• The publisher receives the completed CIP data and prints it on the copyright page of the published book.
• Concurrently, a machine-readable version of the record is distributed to large libraries, bibliographic utilities, and book vendors around the world.

Post-publication

• The publisher sends a copy of the published book to the CIP Program. These books are subject to claiming.
• Upon receipt of the book, a Library staff member
  • Adds other data elements to the catalog record (such as pagination and size)
  • Ensures that the data elements in the record accurately describe the published work. There may be changes in title, subtitle, series, author, or subject.
• After verification, the machine-readable version of the record is redistributed.