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News about our Friendly Guides
Two of the things that came out of our community survey last year were about our Friendly Guides. The first was to create some extra guides on new topics, beyond…
Community and COUNTER
Last week Siân was at the Researcher 2 Reader conference in London and took part in some workshops on community engagement. Different organisations engage with their communities in different ways, and…
Find us at: UP Redux
Tasha will be in Liverpool for the 2026 UP Redux conference in March – email her if you’d like to schedule time to chat. She’ll be presenting a session titled…
AI metrics consultation, and next steps
If you have not yet responded to the AI metrics consultation, you only have a few more days. The consultation closes on Monday 23 February at 9am GMT. This recent…
COUNTER conference 2026 call for proposals
AI usage patterns and their impact on COUNTER metrics – 11 June 2026 The COUNTER team is delighted to announce the third COUNTER Conference alongside our Annual General Meeting on…
Over 80% of report providers are R5.1 compliant
Within a year of the implementation date for Release 5.1, over 80% of report providers are now sharing R5.1 compliant reports. R5.1 came into effect at the start of 2025,…
Consultation webinar recordings now available
The COUNTER team ran three member-only webinars in January 2026, one for each of our open best practice consultations. We’re now making the recordings available for everyone, to help you…
Low usage?
We’ve had quite a few questions in recent months from libraries and publishers who’ve noted a decrease in usage. The first question we always ask is, of course, whether they’re…
All new COUNTER listserv
You asked, we delivered! One of the questions in the 2025 community satisfaction survey was whether you wanted a COUNTER listserv. More than 60% of respondents said Yes, so we’ve…