Re: [CODE4LIB] Book metadata source

2012-10-26 Thread Cab Vinton
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Godmar Back wrote: > 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. Thank you, Godmar. My experience with scripting/ programming is pretty lim

Re: [CODE4LIB] Book metadata source

2012-10-26 Thread Godmar Back
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 wrote: > I have a list of several hundred book titles & corresponding authors,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Book metadata source

2012-10-26 Thread Michael Hopwood
- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cab Vinton Sent: 25 October 2012 20:06 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Book metadata source I have a list of several hundred book titles & corresponding authors, comprising our State Library

[CODE4LIB] Book metadata source

2012-10-25 Thread Cab Vinton
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 wishli