September 2026
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…
2027 membership pricing
The Board met earlier this month and approved our 2027 membership rates. Tasha will be in touch soon if your membership runs out at the end of this year. How…
Coming soon: new guides!
Last week we released new videos for many of our Friendly Guides, but that’s not the only project we’ve been working on. You’ll remember that when we updated our education…
New Video Introductions
We’ve been working behind the scenes on our educational materials recently – more information to follow next week! – and today are excited to launch our new Video Introductions. Six…
Confession: My Standard Views Meltdown Moment
If you have spoken to me, written to me, or listened to any of my presentations since 2022, you have undoubtedly heard my passionate pleas for librarians to stop using…