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You can get a compete list of the ISBNs on LibraryThing—about six months ago, but hey—from this page: http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/LibraryThing_APIs Then you can grab random ones. T On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Godmar Back <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, > > thanks to everybody who's replied with offers to provide ISBNs. > > I need to clarify that I'm looking for a sample of ISBNs that is > representative of some larger population, such as "all books cataloged > by LoC", or "all books in library X's catalog", or "all books sold by > Amazon." > > It could be, for instance, a simple random sample [1]. > > What will not work are ISBNs coming from a FRBR service, from a > specialized collections, or the "first n ISBNs" coming from a catalog > dump (unless that order in which the catalog database is dumped is > explicitly random). > > - Godmar > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_random_sample > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Shanley-Roberts, Ross A. Mr. > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I could give you any number of sets of isbns. What kind of material are you interested in: videos, books, poetry, electronic resources, etc., or I could supply a set of isbns for any subject area or LC classification area that you might be interested in. > > > > Ross > > > > > > Ross Shanley-Roberts > > Special Projects Technologist > > Miami University Libraries > > Oxford, OH 45056 > > [log in to unmask] > > 847 672-9609 > > 847 894-3911 cell > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Godmar Back > > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 8:35 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: [CODE4LIB] how to obtain a sampling of ISBNs > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > for an investigation/study, I'm looking to obtain a representative > > sample set (say a few hundreds) of ISBNs. For instance, the sample > > could represent LoC's holdings (or some other acceptable/meaningful > > population in the library world). > > > > Does anybody have any pointers/ideas on how I might go about this? > > > > Thanks! > > > > - Godmar > > > -- Check out my library at http://www.librarything.com/profile/timspalding