COUNTER Code of Practice 5.0.2
As part of that continuous maintenance process, in late summer 2021 we will publish version 5.0.2 of the Code of Practice.
French Code of Practice Release 5
IAEE COUNTER Release 5 compliant.
COUNTER Release 5 Compliance and Foundation Classes
There is a need for the consistent and credible reporting of research data usage. Such usage metrics are required as an important component in understanding how publicly available research data are being reused. To address this need, COUNTER and members of the Make Data Count team (California Digital Library, DataCite, and DataONE) collaborated in drafting […]
Librarians spend considerable amounts of money licensing different types of online content and want to measure return on the investment and to ensure that library budgets are spent as productively as possible. One of the ways to measure this return on investment is to assess usage statistics. Release 5 of the COUNTER Code of Practice […]
The new Code of Practice is now published. COUNTER’s library, vendor and content provider members have contributed to the development of Release 5 (R5) of the Code of Practice. They have ensured R5 is internally consistent, unambiguous, and flexible, so that it will be easier for publishers to be compliant and so that the Code […]
Tasha Mellins-Cohen has written The Friendly Guide to Release 5 for Providers, an introduction to the COUNTER Code of Practice, Release 5, for publishers and other providers. The Friendly Guide explains: Release 5 Metrics Master Reports and Standard Views Attributes, elements and other (slightly) techy things Tasha is a member of the COUNTER Executive and organises […]
COUNTER Release 5 Code of Practice On 15 June, Paul Needham led a webinar about the COUNTER Release 5 Code of Practice. He explained about the four master reports at the heart of Release 5, the “Standard Views” on the Master Reports, and the new metric types and related attributes. Paul also discussed the timeline for […]