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 and Dewey Decimal Classification
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.
