While looking through strategy wiki I noticed this proposal:

http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal:Building_a_database_of_all_books_ever_published

Perhaps it's worth putting up a proposal at strategy wiki, or modifying this one? See

http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call_for_proposals

Also related: 6 proposals I've categorized as related to citations:

http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Proposals_related_to_citations

-Jodi