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New publisher services
You might have noticed a change to our website navigation over the last couple of days. We’ve introduced a new menu item for Tools and Services. That’s where you’ll find…
Where to find us in November
Rounding out the autumn conference season (fall for our American friends) is the Charleston Conference in the US in November. She’s co-presenting on two sessions: A lively discussion session titled…
Metrics: Handle With Care
At the ALPSP and OASPA conferences in September, I said something that, as the Executive Director of a metrics standard, surprised a lot of people: “Metrics can be dangerous, and…
Introducing TRACE
Tasha’s taking part in a panel at the STM Frankfurt event today, about a new initiative called TRACE. Scholarly content is the accumulated, peer-reviewed, version-controlled record of human knowledge, with…
COUNTER newsletter, September 2026
September brings with it conference season. I’ve already attended the ALPSP and OASPA meetings this month, with Frankfurt STM and Book Fair, the Danish Research Library Association, Charleston and ANKOS…
COUNTER at OASPA 2026
Last week I was in beautiful Zagreb for the OASPA conference, where I presented a poster about our Open Access best practice consultation. If you’ve not already responded, you should…
Where to find us in October
Conference season is in full swing! Tasha will be at two more events during October. On the 6th she’ll be at the STM Frankfurt conference, with a day at the…
COUNTER Academy in 2027
It’s still September, but plans for 2027 are well underway – including for COUNTER Academy. Up First: February 2027 There are still some spaces available on the next cohort of…
Updates on our Generative and Agentic AI Best Practice (phase 2)
When we published our Best Practice on Generative and Agentic AI usage metrics in June, we knew it wasn’t finished. Since then, our AI Working Group has been tackling phase…