Tasha Mellins-Cohen
How to load .tsv files into Excel
Tabular versions of COUNTER reports are typically delivering in .tsv (tab separated value) format. We often get asked how to load .tsv files into Excel. While Microsoft offers plenty of…
All about Release 5.1 … in German
Bernd Oberknapp recently delivered a webinar about Release 5.1 in German to more than a hundred people across Germany. Bernd has kindly made his slides available for the whole community.…
Exception codes for when legacy data don’t exist in R5.1 reports
In a recent post we described how a publisher should signal that it has moved from Release 5 to Release 5.1 in their COUNTER API (sushi) responses, using Exception code…
Find us at: ALPSP
Tasha will be at the ALPSP Annual Conference & Awards 2025, from the 10th to the 12th of September. Drop her a line to pre-book a meeting, or just find…
COUNTER Newsletter, July 2025
We sent out the latest COUNTER newsletter today. Here’s what we said It’s been a whirlwind since our last newsletter, so we have lots to tell you about. The COUNTER…
The new COUNTER Validator
In early June we invited our community to be part of the public beta for the new Validator. The same day, Beda Kosata gave a live demo of the Validator…
Find us at: Future of Scientific Publishing
Tasha will be in London for the Royal Society’s Future of Scientific Publishing conference in July – drop her a line if you’d like to schedule time to chat.
How COUNTER Metrics and CLOCKSS work together to support open access: Highlights from our webinar
On the 24th of June, Tasha had the pleasure of participating in a webinar featuring Alicia Wise, Executive Director of CLOCKSS. Together they explored how usage metrics and digital preservation…
Exception codes for when R5 reports are no longer available
In recent weeks the Code Team has been talking about which error code is the best one to use when publishers stop offering Release 5 reports. Some publishers have already…