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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…
Book ToC discrepancies
As we’ve said before, R5.1 brought book usage tracking into line with that for other Data Types like journals and multimedia, but tables of contents (ToCs) do create some complexity.…
Best practice guidance: aggregating usage metrics
Earlier this summer we opened a consultation about our updated guidelines for consortia on aggregating and compiling COUNTER metrics. This was an update to older 2019 guidelines, which were utilized…
Where to find us in September
September is coming, which means Tasha will be out and about at conferences. From the 9th to the 11th of September she’ll be in Manchester for the ALPSP Annual Conference…
How to spot a global report
We told you yesterday about new Registry filters, including how to find a Global Item Report. One of the questions you ask pretty frequently is what distinguishes a global report…
Registry filters
You asked, we delivered! There are new filter options for compliant platforms in the COUNTER Registry. There are four filters, including one that will let you find platforms that offer…
Claiming compliance in a press release?
This is the latest in our series of posts responding to questions from the COUNTER community. This time, we’re looking at what happens when a publisher or technology provider puts…
Second Academy course sees high completion and positive impact
The second COUNTER Academy course, which finished in June, saw a high completion rate of 80%, echoing the high completion rate we saw with our first course. Congratulations to all…