Explanation:
Este vorba despre acest program inițiat în SUA (Washington D.C.), de catalogare înainte de publicare.
Referințe:
http://www.loc.gov/publish/cip/about/

“Purpose of the CIP Program
• The purpose of the Cataloging in Publication (CIP) Program is to serve the nation's libraries by cataloging books in advance of publication.
• Publishers submit applications via the Library of Congress Web site.
• The Library creates a bibliographic record for each publication and sends it to the publisher.
• The publisher prints the record (known as CIP data) on the verso of the title page.”
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catalog
catalog verb
: to list or describe (something) in an organized way
cataloged or cataloguedcatalog·ing or catalogu·ing
Full Definition of CATALOG transitive verb
1
: to make a catalog of
2
a : to enter in a catalog
b : to classify (as books or information) descriptively