Record Album Covers

what does the Library of COngress number on record albums mean?

I have several old vinyl albums that have Library of Congress Numbers on them - what does this mean?

Public Comments

1. I would paraphrase this but the original quotation is a pretty good summary as it is. "A Library of Congress catalog card number is a unique identification number that the Library of Congress assigns to the catalog record created for each book in its cataloged collections. Librarians use it to locate a specific Library of Congress catalog record in the national databases and to order catalog cards from the Library of Congress or from commercial suppliers. The Library of Congress assigns this number while the book is being cataloged. Under certain circumstances, however, a card number can be assigned before the book is published through the Preassigned Card Number Program."