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COUNTER conference and AGM 5 June 2025: Call for papers
Measuring usage of non-controlled content We are delighted to call for papers for the second COUNTER Conference on the theme of “Measuring usage of non-controlled content”. The conference will take…
Fix Release 5.1.0.1 has been published
As publishers and technology providers have worked through the process of updating their systems to comply with Release 5.1 of the COUNTER Code of Practice, they have raised questions that…
In memoriam: Irene Barbers
We are sorry to share the very sad news that our colleague Irene Barbers has been killed in a car accident. Irene, most recently the Head of Acquisitions at Forschungszentrum…
Retiring the old Validation Tool
Since we made the updated Validation Tool publicly available in August, it’s had a lot of use. The new tool is more robust, faster, and covers both Release 5.1 and…
Find us at: NISO Plus 2025
Tasha will be in Baltimore for NISO Plus 2025 in February – drop her a line if you’d like to schedule time to chat. On Monday the 10th of Feb…
Happy holidays! – and office closed
With the year drawing to a close, the COUNTER team wishes everyone a very happy holidays, whatever you may be celebrating. Tasha and Siân are both taking a well-earned break. This…
Managing ‘Reporting Period Total’ in JSON format
The Code of Practice allows for different facets of granularity in reporting usage metrics. One of those facets is whether usage is reported month-by-month, or as the sum of all…
We’ve migrated the COUNTER media library
We've migrated the COUNTER media library. All videos for the Release 5.1 Code of Practice are now available via the COUNTER website.
Counting usage for Tables of Contents
Release 5.1 brought usage tracking for books and reference works into line with that for other data types like journals and multimedia, but there are still some complexities. This post…