If it's only in the hundreds, why not just look them up in Worldcat via their basic search API and pull the ISBNs from the xISBN service? That's quickly scripted.
- Godmar On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Cab Vinton <bibli...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a list of several hundred book titles & corresponding authors, > comprising our State Library's book group titles, & am looking for > ways of putting these titles online in a way that would be useful to > librarians & patrons. Something along the lines of a LibraryThing > collection or Amazon wishlist. > > Without ISBNs, however, the process could be very labor-intensive. > > Any suggestions for how we could handle this as part of a batch process? > > I realize that different manifestations of the same work will have > different ISBNs, so we'd be seeking any work in print format, ideally > the most commonly held. > > The only thought I've had is to do a Z39.50 search using the author & > title Bib-1 attributes EG @and @attr 1=4 mansfield @attr 1=1003 > austen. > > Thanks for your thoughts, > > Cab Vinton, Director > Sanbornton Public Library > Sanbornton, NH >
