diff --git a/labsw/__init__.py b/labsw/__init__.py
index d3684df..4740c52 100644
--- a/labsw/__init__.py
+++ b/labsw/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.1.6.5'
+__version__ = '0.1.6.6'
diff --git a/labsw/io.py b/labsw/io.py
index 92df237..140f915 100644
--- a/labsw/io.py
+++ b/labsw/io.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import yaml
 import gzip
 
 import os.path
+import glob
 
 from scipy.signal import savgol_filter
 
@@ -73,3 +74,34 @@ def load_metadata(filepath):
     with open(filepath, 'r') as stream:
         metadata = yaml.safe_load(stream)
     return metadata
+
+
+def get_exp_list(directory):
+    """
+
+    """
+    data = []
+    for exp_dir in sorted(glob.glob(os.path.join(directory, '*'))):
+        date = os.path.split(exp_dir)[1].split('-', maxsplit=1)[1].split('_')[0]
+        data_filename = glob.glob(os.path.join(exp_dir, '*.dat.gz'))[0]
+        meta_filename = glob.glob(os.path.join(exp_dir, '*yml'))[0]
+
+        metadata = load_metadata(meta_filename)
+        metadata['date'] = date
+        metadata['path'] = exp_dir
+        data.append(metadata)
+
+    flattened_data = []
+    for line in data:
+        flattened_data.append({
+            'Date': line['date'],
+            'Experiment': line['exp'],
+            'Sample Type': line['sample']['type'],
+            'Width': line['sample']['width'],
+            'Thickness': line['sample']['thickness'],
+            'Length': line['sample']['length'],
+            'Comment': line['comment'],
+            'Path': line['path'],
+        })
+
+    return pd.DataFrame(flattened_data)