Merge play counts between work and home?

Hi all,
I use iTunes at work with a moderately substantial library, mostly made up of songs I haven't listened to much at home which I can stick on an SD card and take in. I also use it here but with a library that is about 4x as big.
Basically I'm wondering if I can constructively merge or sync the two playcounts? I want to be able to export a list of what happened at work - probably the library in text format - and fold that in to my home iTunes, without destroying my bigger playcounts but just adding to them as if I was using an iPod. Is this possible?
If it's not, is there a 3rd party tool, script, or plugin that I can use to compare two libraries and merge playcounts constructively (adding two two together?) NB no mac so no applescript.
Thanks in advance - I've been scratching my head for weeks trying to work this one out.
-forwar direktion:

There are programs such as Sync-O-Tunes that can be used to keep two libraries in sync, but I do not think that they merge playcounts.
As you seem to be aware, the thing you want to do would most naturally be accomplished by using your iPod at work. Assuming you will manage your library at home, and be in "listen only" mode at work, that would be easiest. If you need to, equip your office with a set of desktop speakers having an iPod connection.

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