TTP delivers COUNTER reports of Releases 4 and 5

COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources) is an initiative formed by NISO (National Information Standards Organization). Libraries and publishers wish to make available consistent, credible, and comparable usage reporting. In this light, COUNTER helps libraries understand how content they obtain from a variety of vendors and publishers is being used.

For a publisher or vendor to be considered “COUNTER-compliant,” they must undergo an independent audit to show compliance with the COUNTER Code of Practice (that their usage reports follow the standard reporting structure).

In terms of the usage reports provided, COUNTER reports include usage information on journals, databases and books, and provide standards for recording & reporting online usage stats for consistency, credibility & compatibility among vendors.

Release 5 is designed to balance the needs of quality reports with the need to make things simpler so that all content providers can achieve compliance and librarians can have usage statistics that are credible, consistent and comparable.

Trans Tech Publications Ltd. provides its subscribers with the reports of Release 4 and Release 5.