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Member webinars in January 2026
Happy New Year! We start the year with a series of member webinars in January. COUNTER has three open consultations on different areas of best practice. In this webinar series,…
Closed for the holidays
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. We’re…
Congratulations to our first Academy cohort
Congratulations to our first COUNTER Academy cohort! The first COUNTER Academy took place between July and November. Participants worked through eight modules taking them from the basics of what COUNTER…
Introduction to COUNTER Reports webinar recording
The recording of last year’s Introduction to COUNTER Reports webinar is now available to watch. The webinar discusses how to navigate COUNTER’s Platform, Database, Title and Item Reports, and why…
Consultation: AI metrics
As many of you know, our Advisory Committee has been building some best practice guidance for generative and agentic AI usage metrics. Today we’re sharing the results of that work…
Harvest season
“I’ve set up my system to harvest COUNTER Reports on the 15th of each month but I keep seeing errors. Why can’t I download my reports?” “Why did Release 5.1…
Consultation: Reporting to Multiple Institutional Identities
We have been working for a while on a project to standardise and streamline how publishers manage usage reporting where a single user can be tied to lots of institutional…
COUNTER newsletter, November 2025
Where has the year gone? Happy Thanksgiving to those of you in the US, and we hope that everyone else is looking forward to December and the end of 2025.…
Consultation: Pathways to Compliance
We shared an update from our working group on Pathways to Compliance in October. Today, we’re pleased to say that we have some draft best practice guidelines for our community…