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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…
Usage-based pricing
We’ve received a question about our recently published best practice on reporting to multiple identities. Publisher platforms often offer multiple authentication methods to end users. Multi-id is great when it…
At the beach
We’re closing the COUNTER from the 27th to the 31st of July as our team takes a well-deserved holiday. Tasha will be replying to messages when she returns. Please be…
COUNTER newsletter, July 2026
Lots of news this July, from a reminder that fix-and-feature Release 5.1.1 is live and calls for responses to two community consultations, to an update from the Taming the Crocodile…
Making changes
There’s never a dull moment at COUNTER. While summer is a slightly quieter period – we’ve fewer events to attend, Release 5.1.1 is live, and membership renewals won’t start for…
Have your say: optimising for OA
Libraries are under pressure to shift to OA while at the same time increase their reliance on data driven decision making. One key challenge is that the shift to open…
Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure: 2026 update
COUNTER is a community-led organisation and our Code of Practice is the industry standard for usage metrics. In 2024 we committed to the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI), and…
Looking back at the 2026 COUNTER Conference
This year was the third annual COUNTER Conference, and it was the biggest and best yet. With more than 470 registered attendees, up from 277 last year, it was clear…