WSM 2015 Slides

• COUNTER ( C ounting O nline U ser N e T worked E lectronic R esources) – A Non-Profit formed to develop standardized methods and reports for measuring the use of electronic resources. • Who is COUNTER Designed for? – COUNTER is designed for librarians, vendors, intermediaries and others who require reliable online usage statistics. • COUNTER reports are , in many cases, where the battle for renewal business will be won or lost. This is because these reports allow librarians to compare statistics for various vendors on an “apples to apples” basis. • Allows vendors & intermediaries to provide useful information to their customers to make better informed decisions. • Reports are standardized and the content & format must be adhered to for the vendor to be in compliance. • The reports which vendors must make available are determined by the type of content provided (Journals, Books, Multimedia). • Vendors must be audited by a 3 rd party Auditor once per year to be certified as “COUNTER Compliant”. • Reports must be supplied to customers at no additional charge. • Vendors need to make available 24 months of usage data and the report must be capable of displaying 12 months of data. – If 24 month of historical data is not available, vendors must make available as many months as they have until 24 months of data is available. • What does it mean to be “Counter Compliant”