What is the difference between a PCN, a LCCN, a PCIP, and a CIP?
Here are the definitions of the acronyms: PCN=Preassigned Control Number LCCN=Library of Congress Control Number PCIP= Publisher’s Cataloging in Publication data CIP=Cataloging in Publication data Both the PCN and the LCCN are numbers assigned by the Library of Congress to each and every book or other piece of media published. The PCN is assigned when a publisher applies for it independently of the Library of Congress’s CIP program; the LCCN is assigned when a book or other piece of media is being cataloged through the Library of Congress’s CIP program. Both numbers are assigned using the same criteria – they are simply accession numbers used to differentiate items in the database. A PCN is not the same as CIP or PCIP. A PCN (or LCCN) is a number. CIP data is a block of information that describes the entire book. Now, if your books/media qualifies for the Library of Congress to create your CIP data, you would automatically be assigned a LCCN. But presumably you don’t, since you’re read
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