COUNTER - Online Usage of Electronic Resources

COUNTER Code of Practice

Books and Reference Works:Release 1
Appendix F
Optional Additional Usage Reports

Below are listed examples of two reports that are not mandatory for compliance with COUNTER Release 2, but which vendors are welcome to provide should their customers request more detailed usage information.

Book Report 6: Number of Successful Item Requests and Turnaways by Month, Title and Page-Type
(Full Title and ISBN are listed)

Book Report 6
<Criteria>
Date run Yyyy-mm-dd
Titles	Print ISBN	Online ISBN	Page Type	Jan-2001	Feb-2001	Mar-2001	Total
Total for all Titles			Table of Contents	66322	70312	81554	400980
Total for all Titles			Sections	54126	46005	55265	267980
Total for all Titles			References	4532	3987	5473	34876
Total for all Titles			Turnaways	3221	4112	2113	8765
Title AA	0333750888	0333750888	Table of Contents	732	806	676	3543
Title AA	0333750888	0333750888	Section	1032	1140	1020	6896
Title AA	0333750888	0333750888	References	543	322	567	4002
Title AA	0333750888	0333750888	Turnaways	23	40	32	186
Title BB	0750308591	0750308591	Table of Contents	220	300	346	1809
Title BB	0750308591	0750308591	Section	180	202	154	990

Note:

For 'criteria' specify, for example, the organizational level to which the usage reports refer: eg 'Harvard University', 'Department of Chemistry'

This report complies with the COUNTER Code of Practice for collection and reporting of usage data. For definitions of the terms used, see Section 3 above.

Book Report 7: Number of Successful Print Requests by Month and Title
(Full title and ISBN are listed.)

Book Report 7
<Criteria>
Date run Yyyy-mm-dd
Titles	Publisher	ISBN	Jan-2001	Feb-2001	Mar-2001	Total
Total for all titles			637	732	550	5897
Title AA		0750308591	56	21	65	532
Title BB		0750309539	23	51	75	465
Title CC		0750308680	0	0	0	0
Title DD		0750309598	13	51	75	978

Note:

For 'criteria' specify, for example, the organizational level to which the usage reports refer: eg 'Harvard University', 'Department of Chemistry'
the 'Total for all titles' line is provided at the top of the Table to allow it to be stripped out without disrupting the rest of the Table, as the number of titles included may vary from one month to another.

The above report complies with the COUNTER Code of Practice for collection and reporting of usage data. For definitions of the terms used, see Section 3.