Article:		Putting ISBNs to Work
Subject:		LC Lookup for "equivalent" ISBNs
Date:		2004-06-11 12:29:01
From:		sbonds
---- Kendall Wrote: I haven't decided whether to incorporate that bit of functionality into our isbn2lccn tool, but I'm going to consider it, especially if I hear from some librarians and information scientists about this issue. ----- Well, I can't claim to be either of those two, but as someone with too many books to continue with my current lack of organization, I can say that I'd love to see this feature in place. For example, most of the Terry Pratchett paperbacks in my collection have no LC call number associated with their ISBN-- however the hardbound versions of the same books do. For example, one of my books is ISBN 0552124753, which doesn't have a call number. However, the labs.oclc.org site reveals the "equivalent" ISBN 0312150849. This one has the LC call number PR6066.R34 C6 1983. Done! I have loads of books that will have this problem so it would be helpful to have the feature built in. However, if it's not built in, so long as there is a nice command line interface, I can always parse the ISBN list and iterate over it myself. ;-) -- Steve

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• Perl-based Lookup
  2004-06-14 01:02:43 sbonds [Reply]
  
  For a simple perl-based demo tool showing an ISBN-to-LCCN lookup, try a script I just put together and uploaded to CPAN:

  
  http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/S/SB/SBONDS/

  
  (look for the most recent "isbn2lccn-XX" script)

  
  The hardest part about getting this running is installing the vast array of perl modules and dependencies.

  
  -- Steve