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Old 01-09-2011, 07:24 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by chaley View Post
Assuming that there is a database somewhere that maps title/author to the dewey classification (a quick google search did not find one), this sounds like a job for a plugin writer. The plugin could put the identifier in any column the user indicates.

All the work is in the lookup. Storing in the custom column would be trivial.
There is a web service (with sample python code!) at the OCLC called "Classify" which returns both the Dewey and LOC numbers for an ISBN.

http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/api_docs/index.html
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