[Novalug] ISBN -> Title
Beartooth
karhunhammas at Lserv.com
Mon May 28 11:22:28 EDT 2007
On Sun, 27 May 2007, gregory pryzby wrote:
> I went through the library today and wrote down all the ISBNs
> (10-digit, silly me didn't know that 13-digit is the new
> standard).
>
> I thought. hey, there has to be a script to take the ISBN and
> kick out the title, author, etc. A VERY quick google didn't
> turn up anything.
>
> So, before I write something, I thought I would ask if anyone
> has something or can find a script that does it already.
>
> 1-56592-132-1 is an example to use
If you're willing to go through them individually, you
should be able to do searches at catalog.loc.gov or
ilsweb.loc.gov -- or at http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/ You might
even be able to write a script to do that.
Suggestion : next time use lccn (Library of Congress
catalog number) instead of isbn
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