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Hi, at our library, there's an emerging need to process title lists from vendors for various purposes, such as checking that the titles purchased can be discovered via discovery system and/or OPAC. It appears that the formats in which those lists are provided are non-uniform, as is the process of obtaining them. For example, one vendor - let's call them "Expedition Scrolls" - provides title lists for download to Excel, but which upon closer inspection turn out to be HTML tables. They are encoded using an odd mixture of CP1250 and HTML entities. Other vendors use entirely different formats. My question is whether there are efforts, software, or anything related to streamlining the acquisition and processing of vendor title lists in software systems that aid in the collection development and maintenance process. Any pointers would be appreciated. - Godmar