Transfer of Authority for CIP to Library and Archives Canada

May 1 2005

As part of a decision to consolidate the Cataloguing in Publication (CIP) program, responsibility for the assignment of Government of Canada CIP will be transferred from the Depository Services Program to Library and Archives Canada (LAC) effective May 1, 2005.

After that date, CIP requests from GoC departments and agencies should be submitted to LAC at:

Telephone (Nicole Caissy): (819) 997-7065
FAX : (819) 953-0291
E-mail: CIPFed@lac-bac.gc.ca
Web: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/cip/index-e.html

LAC will be responsible for obtaining ISBN's and GoC Catalogue numbers from the DSP as part of this process.