Library of Congress Control Number

E1358

The Library of Congress Control Number is a unique identification system used by the Library of Congress to catalog and organize bibliographic records for books and other materials.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf bibliographic identifier
identifier system
library control number
abbreviation LCCN
administeredBy Library of Congress Cataloging Directorate
appliesTo audio recordings
books
maps
motion pictures
music scores
other library materials
serials
assignedBy Library of Congress catalogers
country United States
dataFormat numeric string
differentFrom ISBN
ISSN
Library of Congress Classification
formatAfter 4-digit year plus serial number
formatBefore 2-digit year plus serial number
hasAlternativeName LC control number
Library of Congress card number
hasCatalogingCode LCCN
hasLanguage English
hasOnlineService LCCN Permalink
hasPart serial number portion
year portion
hasPolicy Library of Congress LCCN assignment guidelines
identifierFor Library of Congress authority record
Library of Congress bibliographic record
introduced 1898
maintainedBy Library of Congress
operator Library of Congress
relatedTo International Standard Book Number
International Standard Serial Number
Library of Congress Classification
MARC standards
scope authority records
bibliographic records
usedBy Library of Congress
usedFor authority control
bibliographic control
cataloging
identification of bibliographic records
usedIn authority files
bibliographic databases
library catalogs
usedSince early 20th century

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Federal Reserve Bulletin ("Library of Congress control number (LCCN)")
hasAuthorityControl
Library of Congress
hasIdentifierSystem
Library of Congress Control Number ("Library of Congress bibliographic record")
identifierFor
Library of Congress ("Library of Congress Control Number system")
maintains
Library of Congress Online Catalog ("Library of Congress Authorities")
relatedTo
Open Library ("LCCN")
usesIdentifier

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