[PLUG] Old books and bar codes

[Dick Steffens]

On 6/14/21 7:49 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 10:00:49AM -0700, John Sechrest wrote:
>> I once thought that I could convert my pile of old Science Fiction books
>> into a list with barcodes....
>> Sadly... None of them had barcodes....
> Indeed, most of the books that I will donate to Internet
> Archive don't have bar codes, many don't have ISBNs, and
> a few are old enough to be in the public domain.
>
> But if I segregate the bar-coded books onto some boxes,
> and the older books into others, and the public domain
> books into a third, their handling and authentication
> tasks are simpler.
>
> Keith

I have no idea if this is possible, but can one search the Library of 
Congress online and find, at a minimum, the LOC code, and would that be 
helpful?

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Regards,

Dick Steffens