Irene Barbers is the Head of Acquisitions at the Central Library of Forschungszentrum Juelich and a member of the COUNTER Executive Committee. At the recent UKSG Conference, Irene Barbers gave a presentation on about using Release 5 usage reports for strategic decision making. Irene’s slides are below and provide an excellent overview. The Master Reports […]
We are delighted that JSTOR is one of the first content providers to successfully pass a COUNTER Release 5 Audit. This means that JSTOR is full COUNTER compliant! Peter Vlahakis is the Senior Product Manager at ITHAKA and he led the JSTOR implementation of Release 5. We asked him to tell us more about JSTOR […]
COUNTER Release 5 Compliance and Foundation Classes
We were delighted when Japan’s largest platform for academic e-journals J-STAGE became the first content provider to pass a COUNTER Release 5 audit. Our Project Director interviewed the team at J-STAGE to ask them about their experience. Here are the questions and answers. Congratulations on being the first publisher to pass a COUNTER Release 5 audit. […]
In COUNTER Release 5 there are fewer Metric Types than in Release 5. For clarity we have changed the names of the Metric Types. We have also added new Attributes which provide more detail about usage. COUNTER Foundation Class 1 It is always difficult to become familiar with new terms, so we have created an online […]
Our members told us that they would like online tutorials and so we are creating a series of COUNTER Foundation Classes. Each online class runs for around 10 minutes and deals with an aspect of COUNTER usage data. Tasha Mellins-Cohen provides the clear voice-over. Listen to Tasha explain metric types and reports: Foundation Class 1: […]
Here are two recordings of recent webinars about Release 5 of the COUNTER Code of Practice. This webinar in English is for librarians and was presented by two librarians with a wealth of experience in the use of COUNTER Usage statistics. Jill Emery is the Collection Development Librarian at Portland State University Library and has […]
COUNTER reports provide consistent, meaningful insight into database, ebook, journal, chapter, and article use. They’re an essential tool for collection evaluation and for demonstrating the library’s value to faculty and administrators. The recording of our webinar facilitated by ACRL and Choice is now available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Ll_5AL0Ro The webinar shows how you can – as a collection development, acquisitions, […]
Hot of the press, written by Tasha Mellins-Cohen, this guide will help librarians prepare for Release 5 of the COUNTER Code of Practice. This publication provides a wealth of information about the new Metrics, Master Reports and Standard Views. It also provides a helpful section which maps the key Release 4 reports to their Release […]
Being COUNTER compliant means following the strict Code of Practice developed by the COUNTER. All data processes and reporting follow defined standards to deliver to library customers the accurate reports they require for analysis and decision making. In January 2019, all publishers and vendors are required to comply with the new Release of the Code […]
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