Jan 07
What is a Library of Congress Number (LOC)?
Posted by Children's Books on Thursday Jan 7, 2010 Under Self-PublishA Library of Congress catalog control number is an identification number uniquely assigned to the catalog record for books in collections of catalogs.
It is used by librarians to locate a specific catalog record in the national databases and to order catalog cards from the Library of Congress or various suppliers. There are times, however, when a control number may be assigned to a book before it is published through the Preassigned Control Number (PCN) Program.
Publishers who wish to attain Library of Congress control numbers for their not-yet-published books, they may fill out the application form, and they will be given an account number and password.
