In publishing and

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, Cataloging in Publication (CIP, or Cataloguing in Publication) data are basic

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data for a work, prepared before publication by the

national library A national library is a library established by a government as a country's preeminent repository of information. Unlike public libraries, these rarely allow citizens to borrow books. Often, they include numerous rare, valuable, or significant wo ...

of the country where the work is principally published or by the library of a publishing organisation, such as a government department. The name reflects the usual practice of including that information in the corresponding publication—in the case of books, on the

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, where it can be useful for cataloguers when they are adding such items to their collections. The national libraries' CIP staffs restrict the range of publications that CIP will be prepared for, for instance requiring access to assistance from the publisher's staff. A frequent problem with CIP occurs when publishers change bibliographic details, such as the wording of a

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, after receiving the CIP data. The CIP data as published in the item will be incorrect and useless to subsequent cataloguing agencies without manual amendment; if a pre-publication record has been entered onto a database, it can be difficult to locate and edit to match the details on the item itself. Each national library maintains a

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of the entries it writes. (Not all nations have a national library or anything comparable.) In the United States, the Cataloging in Publication Program (CIP) was established by the

Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library ...

in 1971, and has since developed in various ways.

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Cataloging in Publication Program
of the LOC
The Cataloguing-in-Publication Programme
of the

British Library The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and is one of the largest libraries in the world. It is estimated to contain between 170 and 200 million items from many countries. As a legal deposit library, the British ...

Cataloguing in Publication Program
of the Library and Archives Canada
Cataloguing books for Publishers in India
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