Tasha Mellins-Cohen
Redefining value in the age of AI
Tasha recently had a fantastic chat with Becky Moakes of Maverick Publishing Consultants, as part of their work on “Redefining Value in the Age of AI”. They covered a ton…
How can text and data mining activity be audited?
The COUNTER Code of Practice includes an Access Method called TDM, which is used to report on text and data mining activity, for example through a specific API. The Code…
GDPR and COUNTER reports
A fun puzzle crossed my desk recently, and I thought it would make a good tech support post. This is a question about the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) in…
Our footprint
Our last post talked about our volunteers. This time, we’re going to show you where you can find colleagues in the COUNTER community. We might be small, but we’ve got…
Impact and Community
At the heart of COUNTER is a vibrant, international community of dedicated professionals. Today we extend our deepest gratitude to Heather Loehr who has served as a Director for the…
COUNTER newsletter, May 2026
Spring is in full bloom here in the UK, and just as the flowers are coming up so are COUNTER’s best practices. We’ve published three since the last newsletter, including…
Best practice guidance: multiple identities
We’ve had three best practices under construction recently, and today we’ve published the last of them. This guidance explains how publishers should manage reporting where a single user is linked…
Best practice guidance: Pathway to Compliance
One of our strategic objectives is to reduce barriers to compliance with the COUNTER Code of Practice, particularly for smaller groups who lack technical expertise. As part of those efforts,…
Best practice guidance: AI usage
We’ve been developing best practice guidance for usage metrics associated with generative and agentic AI. Today, we’re pleased to be able to publish the new guidelines. This was open to…