Library of Congress expands CIP to E-books

Starting in July, the Library's Cataloging in Publication (CIP)
Program will expand its scope to include electronic books. This
moves into production a pilot project begun in October 2011, whereby
the Library has provided pre-publication CIP metadata for titles
that are published simultaneously in print and electronic format to
four participating publishers (RAND Corporation, the University
Press of Mississippi, Wiley-including Wiley imprint Jossey-Bass-and
the World Bank). After the launch in July, the Cataloging in
Publication Program will invite additional publishers to
participate.

This new initiative enables the Library of Congress to provide
quality metadata for use by the international library community for
the growing number of electronic books that are published
simultaneously with the print book.

Since July 1971, the Library's CIP program has served the nation's
libraries by cataloging, in advance of publication, books widely
acquired by the nation's libraries. Instead of individual libraries
cataloging the same work repeatedly, the work is cataloged once, and
thousands of libraries benefit. As CIP moves into the world of
e-books, libraries throughout the United States will benefit from
being able to use high-quality records that have been created
according to the highest cataloging standards.

For more information on CIP for e-books, visit

    <URL:http://www.loc.gov/publish/cip/>

Library staff will be available in the American Library Association
Conference exhibition hall in Anaheim this year, booth #1418,
Friday, June 22 through Monday, June 25. For more information on the
Library at ALA, visit

    <URL:http://www.loc.gov/ala/>

Founded in 1800, the Library of Congress is the nation's oldest
federal cultural institution. The Library seeks to advance the
knowledge and creativity of the American people through its
collections, programs and services. Many of the Library's rich
resources can be accessed through its website at

    <URL:http://www.loc.gov

Jeanne Drewes
Chief, Binding and Collections Care Division
Program Manager, Mass Deacidification
Preservation Directorate
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave S.E.
Washington DC 20540-4520
202 7075330
Fax: 202 7073434


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