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25 June 2026

Multiple platforms, one report

After the COUNTER Conference, one of our publisher members asked whether they could reduce librarians’ workloads by offering reports for all of their platforms (websites) in a single report. The…


28 May 2026

GDPR and COUNTER reports

A fun puzzle crossed my desk recently, and I thought it would make a good tech support post. This is a question about the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) in…


12 December 2025

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…


16 October 2025

New guide linking hosts, reports, and data types

You loved our recent guide comparing reports to standard views. Tasha’s put together a similar document for you, on another tricky question. As we say in the Friendly Guide to…


28 August 2025

New guide on comparing reports and standard views

We have prepared a new downloadable guide on comparing reports and standard views. This guide expands on what we shared earlier this year in our post Choosing the right COUNTER…


23 June 2025

Harvesting multiple reports

We know that some report consumers (libraries) want to collect or harvest lots of reports at one time. That can cause some difficulties where report providers (publishers, aggregators) have rate…


06 November 2024

When to expect Release 5.1 reports

We’ve started to receive questions from librarians asking when they’ll be able to access COUNTER Release 5.1 reports, and thought it might be helpful to have a post here for…


11 October 2024

Introduction to COUNTER reports webinar – free for members

Join us on 28 November for an Introduction to COUNTER reports. This webinar is free to members.


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