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Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources (COUNTER)

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Description: An international initiative designed to serve librarians, publishers and intermediaries by facilitating the recording and exchange of online usage statistics.
COUNTER - Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources | Home The use of online information resources is growing rapidly. It is widely agreed by producers and purchasers of information that the use of these resources should be measured in a more consistent way. Librarians want to understand better how the information they buy from a variety of sources is being used; publishers want to know how the information products they disseminate are being accessed. An essential requirement to meet these objectives is an agreed international set of standards and protocols governing the recording and exchange of online usage data. The COUNTER Codes of Practice provide these standards and protocols and are published in full on this website. Currently available are:
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Page title:COUNTER - Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources | Home
Keywords:COUNTER, Usage statistics, Usage reports, Online electronic resources, Librarians, Publishers, Code of Practice
Description:This page has a brief description of the background to the COUNTER project, states its objectives, and lists the endorsing organizations. It also provides buttons that link to the other pages on the website and provides and update section
IP-address:62.50.9.131