A survey on the compatibility rate of Cataloguing in Publication (CIP) catalog cards of National Library and Archive of the Islamic Republic of Iran on title page versos of books with related records included in Rasa software

The purpose of the present research is to survey the compatibility rate of Cataloguing in Publication (CIP) catalog cards of National Library and Archive of the Islamic Republic of Iran (NLAI) on title page versos of books with related records included in Rasa software. research is a survey of content analysis type and a researcher-made questionnaire has been employed to gather data. Data analysis has been performed using descriptive statistics such as frequency and percentage. data analysis indicated that the compatibility rate of CIP catalog cards of NLAI on title page versos of books with related records included in Rasa software is some 92%. The incompatibility rate of CIP catalog cards of NLAI on title page versos of books with related records included in Rasa software is 28.94% for physical description, 15.78% for statement of responsibility, 14.91% for notes, 10.08% for subject added entries, 7.89% for title, 7.01% for non-subject added entries, 5.7% for name of publisher, and LC and DDC classification numbers, 3.07% for main entry and series, 0.87% for place of publication, and 0.43 for edition areas. based on research findings concerning a 92% compatibility rate of CIPs on title page versos of books with related records in Rasa software, it can be concluded that publishers have understood the importance of CIP records, provide NLAI with correct bibliographic information, and do not change CIP information on title page versos of their books