The guidelines provide the criteria for the design of a national cataloguing-in-publication (CIP) program which will both be a component part of the international CIP network and fit the requirements of a specific library and publishing environment. Cataloguing-in-publication is defined, its development is traced, and current CIP programs in nine countries (USSR, United States, Brazil, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, West Germany, Netherlands, and Nigeria) are compared and contrasted. Discussions of record preparation, the establishment of a CIP program, and perspectives on the future of CIP follow. A nine-page bibliography based on the "Library Association Library Reading List: Cataloguing-in-Publication" is provided. Recommendations of the International Cataloguing-in-Publication Meeting held in Ottawa, Canada, in August 1982, and sample CIP forms and records for various types of entries are appended. (KM)