Marilyn McCroskey, Head of the Cataloging Unit at the MSU Libraries, is one of six co-authors of an article that recently was published in Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. Marilyn explains, “This was part of my work with the Library of Congress CIP [Cataloging-in-Publication] Advisory Group’s CIP Data Block Committee. I have represented AASL on the CIP Advisory Group since 2000. Cataloging-in-Publication (found on title page verso) had remained a “catalog card” format since 1971. Since libraries don’t use catalog cards any more,  LC thought the CIP format and content should be reconsidered. We surveyed catalogers in different types of libraries to get their input on what changes they would like to see. Schools and small public libraries use the CIP block when cataloging, while larger libraries are members of a bibliographic utility such as OCLC and don’t need it so much. The CIP changes were made with school and public libraries in mind. A second survey after the changes to CIP showed that those changes were very beneficial to the principal users. This article describes the process the committee followed to change the CIP block from a catalog card to a labeled format. My role was background research for the literature survey section, and extensive editing, rather than writing.”