March 2026
Join our working group on OA usage metrics
At our last Advisory Committee meeting we agreed to start a new project. In April, we’ll launch a new best practice working group on usage metrics for open access. Our…
COUNTER newsletter, March 2026
As always, we’ve had a busy couple of months here at COUNTER. If nothing else, the new listserv is keeping us on our toes with more than 500 people signed up and…
Key Takeaways from COUNTER’s AI Usage Metrics Consultation
Thank you to everyone in the community who participated in COUNTER’s Generative and Agentic AI usage metrics consultation. Your responses to the survey, by email, and in-person at NISO Plus…
Find us at: UKSG 2026
Tasha will be in Glasgow for the 49th UKSG Annual Conference in the first week of April – email her if you’d like to schedule time to chat. She’ll be…
Reporting to multiple identities: an update from our consultation
Our consultation on reporting usage for users with multiple institutional identities has wrapped up. There was a clear direction of travel in the responses that we received, but not unanimous…
Pathways to Compliance: consultation outcomes and next steps
We’re excited to share a progress update following our open consultation on the draft Pathways to Compliance best practice guidelines. The consultation ran from early December 2025 to early February…
News about our Friendly Guides
Two of the things that came out of our community survey last year were about our Friendly Guides. The first was to create some extra guides on new topics, beyond…
Community and COUNTER
Last week Siân was at the Researcher 2 Reader conference in London and took part in some workshops on community engagement. Different organisations engage with their communities in different ways, and…