CAPTURING COLLECTION INFORMATION FOR INSTITUTIONS

1 . A computer implemented method for obtaining information comprising:

accessing a publishing platform;

importing data related to a collection from the publishing platform;

analyzing the data related to the collection which was imported, resulting in an analysis; and

storing the analysis in a computer system.

2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the collection includes one or more of electronic books, electronic journals, and papers.

3 . The method according to claim 1 wherein the accessing is accomplished by navigating to a publicly available page.

4 . The method according to claim 1 wherein the accessing is accomplished by logging into the publishing platform using one of a group including a known login, a proxy login, and a VPN.

5 . The method of claim 1 wherein the importing includes downloading one or more files containing the data related to the collection.

6 . The method according to claim 1 wherein the importing further comprises:

navigating to a page containing the data related to the collection; and

grabbing subscription information on the collection.

7 . The method according to claim 6 further comprising scraping the page, which was navigated to, for additional information beyond that which was grabbed.

8 . The method according to claim 1 further comprising improving the importing by:

identifying an alias for a title of the collection from the publishing platform; and

analyzing the data related to the collection using the alias for the title.

9 . The method according to claim 1 further comprising storing the data related to the collection for future usage.

10 . The method according to claim 1 wherein the data related to collections includes one or more from a group consisting of an electronic journal URL, database information, an ISSN number, an ISBN number, dates for the collection, a source for the collection, and availability of the collection.

11 . The method according to claim 1 further comprising determining whether a quality criterion is met by the data related to the collection.

12 . The method according to claim 1 further comprising identifying an error in the data related to the collection.

13 . (canceled)

14 . The method according to claim 12 further comprising notifying the publishing platform of the error which was identified.

15 . The method of claim 1 further comprising monitoring the collection from the publishing platform to identify changes in the collection.

16 . A computer implemented method for obtaining information comprising:

accessing an institutional library service;

scraping the institutional library service for data related to a collection;

analyzing the data related to the collection which was scraped, resulting in an analysis; and

storing the analysis in a computer system.

17 . The method according to claim 16 wherein the scraping further comprises:

identifying a location of a starting page for the institutional library service;

plugging in an arrangement for the data related to the collection on the starting page;

pulling the data related to the collection from the arrangement; and

exporting the data related to the collection into a database.

18 . The method according to claim 17 further comprising formatting the data related to the collection into a spreadsheet.

19 . The method according to claim 17 further comprising improving the scraping by:

marking a row within the database for analysis;

identifying extraneous characters in the data related to the collection within the row; and

modifying the pulling to avoid the extraneous characters.

20 . A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium for obtaining information, the computer program product comprising:

code for accessing a publishing platform;

code for importing data related to a collection from the publishing platform;

code for analyzing the data related to the collection which was imported, resulting in an analysis; and

code for storing the analysis in a computer system.

21 . A computer system for obtaining information comprising:

a memory for storing instructions;

one or more processors attached to the memory wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

access a publishing platform;

import data related to a collection from the publishing platform;

analyze the data related to the collection which was imported, resulting in an analysis; and

store the analysis in a computer system.

22 - 23 . (canceled)