Tasha Mellins-Cohen
Happy holidays! – and office closed
With the year drawing to a close, the COUNTER team wishes everyone a very happy holidays, whatever you may be celebrating. Tasha and Siân are both taking a well-earned break. This…
Managing ‘Reporting Period Total’ in JSON format
The Code of Practice allows for different facets of granularity in reporting usage metrics. One of those facets is whether usage is reported month-by-month, or as the sum of all…
We’ve migrated the COUNTER media library
We've migrated the COUNTER media library. All videos for the Release 5.1 Code of Practice are now available via the COUNTER website.
Counting usage for Tables of Contents
Release 5.1 brought usage tracking for books and reference works into line with that for other data types like journals and multimedia, but there are still some complexities. This post…
Syndicated usage reporting and GetFTR
Earlier this year, we released best practice guidance about reporting usage of content that is syndicated and available on multiple platforms. Syndicated usage reports allow publishers to understand which syndication…
Choosing the right COUNTER metric
One of the most common questions people ask us is which metric libraries should be using to assess return on investment. As it says in our FAQs, that depends on…
When to expect Release 5.1 reports
We’ve started to receive questions from librarians asking when they’ll be able to access COUNTER Release 5.1 reports, and thought it might be helpful to have a post here for…
Call for case studies: share how you use COUNTER data
Do you want to share how you use COUNTER data? We are looking for case studies. This is your opportunity to showcase what you are doing with COUNTER data and…
Common validation errors: learning from others’ mistakes
It’s been about a month since our new Validation Tool for R5.1 became publicly available (time flies!). Thus far, nine report providers – representing over a third of publishing platforms…