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Greetings! My name is Marilyn McCroskey, and I represent AASL on the CIP (Cataloging-in-Publication) Advisory Group to the Library of Congress (LC). I have been asked to provide information to LC about the value of CIP to my constituency (school librarians) and ask what you might need from CIP in the future. When the CIP Advisory Group meets at ALA in June, this information will be part of a larger discussion on the nature and future of CIP. This is your chance to tell LC what kind of cataloging information school librarians need. Please complete and return the survey directly to Marilyn McCroskey, not to the list, at MarilynMcCroskey@missouristate.edu PLEASE RESPOND BY MAY 15, 2006. The LC CIP program began in 1971 to provide libraries with a preliminary cataloging record for a book when it is received. Before a book is published, at the request of the publisher, LC creates a catalog record (the CIP block) to be printed on the copyright page of the book. The CIP block does not include publisher's data or physical description, but does include the other elements of a catalog record, including subject headings and Dewey classification number. Subject headings are Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), and for juvenile materials LC juvenile Annotated Card (AC) headings are added in brackets. The same CIP record will appear in MARC format in the LC online catalog and other databases that include LC cataloging records. When LC receives a copy of the book, LC updates the MARC CIP. School libraries obtain these MARC records with new books or by searching for cataloging data in OCLC and other databases. In addition to the CIP questions, I have also included some questions on your use of subject headings. This information may be useful to library educators, as well as to the Library of Congress. Some of the information gathered in this survey might be included in a future journal article on CIP and/or on subject headings used in schools. The following survey was constructed as part of a research project at Missouri State University. Your responses to the survey will remain anonymous, although written comments might be quoted without names. Omit questions that you do not wish to answer, though full responses would be helpful. There are no known risks for participating in this survey. The act of responding to the survey will mean that you have read the foregoing informed consent statement, and your response implies informed consent to use the data. Please note: The Library of Congress will also be doing an online survey on CIP in the near future. It is important to respond to that survey as well as this one, as the LC survey will be very influential in shaping the future of the CIP program. As soon as the LC survey is ready for access, I will post a message to the list. MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH SURVEY ON CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION (CIP) AND SUBJECT HEADINGS FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIANS Question 1. Until now, were you aware that most of the LC MARC records for books you catalog were first Cataloging-in-Publication (CIP) records? _____Yes _____No Comments: Question 2. When obtaining MARC records from vendors, do you receive records that you recognize as LC CIP records? _____Yes, some are LC CIP records _____No, vendors do not send me LC CIP records _____I can't tell whether the vendor records are LC CIP records Comments: Question 3. For your local catalog, do you change or add cataloging information to the LC MARC records that you get from vendors or databases? _____Seldom or never _____Occasionally _____Often Comments: Question 4. When you catalog books, how often do you use information from the CIP block found on the copyright page of the book? _____Seldom or Never _____Occasionally _____Frequently Comments: Question 5. In the future, what continuing practices or changes would you like to see in CIP records for the books you catalog? (Check all that apply) _____No changes needed _____Continue to provide summaries for all juvenile materials _____Continue to provide juvenile Annotated Card (AC) subject headings for all juvenile materials. _____Provide Sears subject headings Other changes, or comments: GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT YOUR USE OF CIP: Question 6. What subject headings do you use in your catalog? (Check all that apply) _____Sears subject headings _____Regular Library of Congress subject headings (LCSH) _____Juvenile Annotated Card (AC) subject headings Comments: 7. If you currently use Sears subject headings, do you have plans to switch to LCSH or juvenile AC headings in the near future? If yes, please explain why. _____Yes (please explain why below) _____No Comments: 8a. If you used Sears subject headings in the past, but no longer use Sears now, why did you discontinue use? (Check all that apply) _____MARC cataloging records that I obtained from vendors or other sources used LCSH _____MARC cataloging records that I obtained from vendors or other sources used AC headings _____Other reason you discontinued using Sears headings (please explain) Comments: 8b. If Sears headings were available from vendors for the MARC records you obtain, would you have continued to use Sears headings? _____Yes _____No Comments: 8c. If the list of Sears headings were available online, would you have continued to use Sears headings? _____Yes _____No Comments: 9. Even if you do not use Sears subject headings, is the option for these subject headings available from your MARC record vendor(s)? _____Yes _____No Comments: GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT YOUR USE OF SUBJECT HEADINGS: Thank you very much for your participation in this survey! It will provide valuable information for the Library of Congress as the nature and future of CIP is discussed. Subject headings information will also be valuable to library science educators and vendors. --Marilyn McCroskey AASL Liaison CIP Advisory Group Marilyn McCroskey Professor of Library Science Head of Cataloging, Meyer Library Missouri State University 901 S. National Springfield, MO 65897 Ph. 417-836-4541 Fax 417-836-4764 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. 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