Marketing to Libraries: Standards and Tools
Tips for authors, small publishers, and others who wish to reach the library market.
Identifier Standards
- Identifier StandardsPrepared by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the American Library Association, this is a listing of the standards used to identify published works.
Standard Numbers
Cataloging in Publication
A Cataloging in Publication record (aka CIP data) is a bibliographic record prepared by the Library of Congress for a book that has not yet been published. When the book is published, the publisher includes the CIP data on the copyright page thereby facilitating book processing for libraries and book dealers.