Transforming the CIP Data Block: Assessing User Needs to Re-envision a Venerable Library Icon. Issue 7 (17th November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Debus-López, Karl; McCroskey, Marilyn; Reynolds, Regina Romano; Saccucci, Caroline; Williams, Camilla; Zwierski, Michele
• Is Part Of: Cataloging & classification quarterly. Volume 55:Issue 7/8(2017)
• Page Start: 522
• Page End: 548
• Publication Date: 2017-11-17
• Subjects: Cataloging -- cataloging research -- surveys -- user studies -- public libraries -- college and university libraries -- school libraries; Cataloging -- Periodicals; Classification -- Books -- Periodicals; 025.3
• DOI: 10.1080/01639374.2017.1354116
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0163-9374

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Between 2013 and 2015, the Library of Congress and experts from school, public, and academic library communities revised the 42-year-old Cataloging in Publication (CIP) data block (back-of-title-page cataloging data). This article describes the assessments, including development and analysis of two surveys, used in this data-driven process. The revised data block replaces the catalog card layout with a labeled layout that identifies components within the block, merges print and electronic information, and provides additional descriptive and subject access points. A 2017 follow-up assessment confirmed the project's success in meeting the needs of its principal users, those in school and public libraries.