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Welcome to Release 5.1

Education and training for Release 5.1 of the COUNTER Code of Practice. Whether you’re a report provider or a report consumer, new to COUNTER or an old hand, we’ve got what you need.

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Getting Started with R5.1: COUNTER Metrics

These videos and Friendly Guides give an overview of the three types of metrics in R5.1: usage metrics, search metrics, and access denials, as well as which metrics to use to answer different questions. It covers the difference between Investigations and Requests, whether those are total or unique, and how books and reference works are rolled up to show Title usage.

The Friendly Guide to COUNTER Metrics
The Friendly Guide to COUNTER Metrics

This Friendly Guide gives an overview of the three types of metrics in R5.1: usage metrics, search metrics, and access denials, as well as which metrics to use to answer different questions. It covers the difference between Investigations and Requests, whether those are total or unique, and how books and reference works are rolled up to show Title usage.

Reports
The Friendly Video on COUNTER Metrics

This Friendly Video Class summarises the three types of metrics in R5.1: usage metrics, search metrics, and access denials, as well as which metrics to use to answer different questions. It covers the difference between Investigations and Requests, whether those are total or unique, and how books and reference works are rolled up.

Reports
The Brief Introduction to COUNTER Metrics

This Brief Introduction provides a quick reference to the three types of metrics in R5.1: usage metrics (Investigations and Requests), search metrics, and access denials, as well as which metrics to use to answer different questions.

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Getting Started with R5.1: COUNTER Reports

These videos and Friendly Guide give an overview of the Platform, Database, Title and Item Reports, which are designed to be comprehensive and offer maximum flexibility in working with metrics, and their associated Standard Views. It highlights how the COUNTER Reports fit together and which to choose for different reporting needs.

The Friendly Guide to COUNTER Reports
The Friendly Guide to COUNTER Reports

This Friendly Guide gives an overview of the Platform, Database, Title and Item Reports, which are designed to be comprehensive and offer maximum flexibility in working with metrics, and their associated Standard Views. It highlights how the COUNTER Reports fit together and which to choose for different reporting needs.

The Friendly Video on COUNTER Reports
The Friendly Video on COUNTER Reports

This Friendly Video Class summarises the Platform, Database, Title and Item Reports, which are designed to be comprehensive and offer maximum flexibility in working with metrics, and their associated Standard Views. It highlights how the COUNTER Reports fit together and which to choose for different reporting needs.

The Brief Introduction to COUNTER Reports
The Brief Introduction to COUNTER Reports

This Brief Introduction provides a quick reference to the Platform, Database, Title and Item Reports, which are designed to be comprehensive and offer maximum flexibility in working with metrics, and their associated Standard Views.

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Getting Started with R5.1: COUNTER for Open Access

These videos and Friendly Guides give an overview of COUNTER's usefulness in assessing OA usage. There is a real need to understand how the transition to OA is working, what makes it work and what is the impact of OA. All these require measurement and reporting, and COUNTER offers a consistent, credible, comparable method for doing so.

The Friendly Guide to COUNTER for Open Access
The Friendly Guide to COUNTER for Open Access

This Friendly Guide gives an overview of COUNTER's usefulness in assessing OA usage. There is a real need to understand how the transition to OA is working, what makes it work and what is the impact of OA. All these require measurement and reporting, and COUNTER offers a consistent, credible, comparable method for doing so.

The Friendly Video on COUNTER for Open Access
The Friendly Video on COUNTER for Open Access

This Friendly Video Class summarises COUNTER's usefulness in assessing OA usage. There is a real need to understand how the transition to OA is working, what makes it work and what is the impact of OA. All these require measurement and reporting, and COUNTER offers a consistent, credible, comparable method for doing so.

The Brief Introduction to COUNTER for Open Access
The Brief Introduction to COUNTER for Open Access

This Brief Introduction provides a quick reference to COUNTER's usefulness in assessing OA usage. There is a real need to understand how the transition to OA is working, what makes it work and what is the impact of OA. All these require measurement and reporting, and COUNTER offers a consistent, credible, comparable method for doing so.

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R5.1 for Report Consumers: Working with COUNTER Reports

These videos and Friendly Guides give an overview of the JSON and tabular formats of COUNTER Reports, how to download reports via a SUSHI server, and how to use filtering and pivot tables to get the answers you need from a COUNTER Report.

A Friendly Guide to Working with COUNTER Reports
A Friendly Guide to Working with COUNTER Reports

This Friendly Guide gives an overview of the JSON and tabular formats of COUNTER Reports, how to download reports via a SUSHI server, and how to use filtering and pivot tables to get the answers you need from a COUNTER Report.

A Friendly Video on Working with COUNTER Reports
A Friendly Video on Working with COUNTER Reports

This Friendly Video Class summarises the JSON and tabular formats of COUNTER Reports, how to download reports via a SUSHI server, and some key spreadsheet manipulation tools.

The Brief Introduction to Working with COUNTER Reports
The Brief Introduction to Working with COUNTER Reports

This Brief Introduction provides a quick reference to the JSON and tabular formats of COUNTER Reports, how to download reports via a SUSHI server, and some key spreadsheet manipulation tools.

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R5.1 for Report Consumers: COUNTER for Consortia

These videos and Friendly Guides give an overview of the three types of consortia reporting covered by the COUNTER Code of Practice, including the required summary and institutional reports as well as the optional detailed reports.

A Friendly Guide to COUNTER for Consortia
A Friendly Guide to COUNTER for Consortia

This Friendly Guide gives an overview of the three types of consortia reporting covered by the COUNTER Code of Practice, including the required summary and institutional reports as well as the optional detailed reports.

A Friendly Video on COUNTER for Consortia
A Friendly Video on COUNTER for Consortia

This Friendly Video Class summarises the three types of consortia reporting covered by the COUNTER Code of Practice, including the required summary and institutional reports as well as the optional detailed reports.

The Brief Introduction to COUNTER for Consortia
The Brief Introduction to COUNTER for Consortia

This Brief Introduction provides a quick reference to the three types of consortia reporting covered by the COUNTER Code of Practice.

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R5.1 for Report Providers: Becoming COUNTER Compliant

These videos and Friendly Guides give an overview of how report providers can track usage, what we expect when delivering COUNTER Reports, and how to demonstrate COUNTER compliance through the audit process

The Friendly Guide to Becoming COUNTER Compliant
The Friendly Guide to Becoming COUNTER Compliant

This Friendly Guide gives an overview of how report providers can track usage, what we expect when delivering COUNTER Reports, and how to demonstrate COUNTER compliance through the audit process

The Friendly Video on Becoming COUNTER Compliant
The Friendly Video on Becoming COUNTER Compliant

This Friendly Video Class summarises how report providers can track usage, what we expect when delivering COUNTER Reports, and how to demonstrate COUNTER compliance through the audit process.

The Brief Introduction to Becoming COUNTER Compliant
The Brief Introduction to Becoming COUNTER Compliant

This Brief Introduction provides a quick reference to tracking usage, delivering COUNTER Reports, and demonstrating COUNTER compliance.

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Technical Information: Attributes, Elements and Other (Slightly) Techy Things

These videos and Friendly Guides give This Friendly Guide gives an overview of attributes like Data Types (what the content is) and Access Types (whether it's OA), which types of publisher website should be delivering each COUNTER Report, and how those reports might be customized.

The Friendly Guide to COUNTER Attributes, Elements and Other (Slightly) Techy Things
The Friendly Guide to COUNTER Attributes, Elements and Other (Slightly) Techy Things

This Friendly Guide gives an overview of attributes like Data Types (what the content is) and Access Types (whether it's OA), which types of publisher website should be delivering each COUNTER Report, and how those reports might be customized.

The Friendly Video on COUNTER Attributes, Elements and Other (Slightly) Techy Things
The Friendly Video on COUNTER Attributes, Elements and Other (Slightly) Techy Things

This Friendly Video Class summarises attributes like Data Types (what the content is) and Access Types (whether it's OA), which types of publisher website should be delivering each COUNTER Report, and how those reports might be customized.

The Brief Introduction to COUNTER Attributes, Elements and Other (Slightly) Techy Things
The Brief Introduction to COUNTER Attributes, Elements and Other (Slightly) Techy Things

This Brief Introduction provides a quick reference to attributes like Data Types (what the content is) and Access Types (whether it's OA), which types of publisher website should be delivering each COUNTER Report, and how those reports might be customized.

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Technical Information: Changes in R5.1

Key aspects of the Code of Practice are the same in R5.1 as they were in earlier releases. This Friendly Guide gives an overview of the essential changes and their impact on COUNTER reporting.

The Friendly Guide to Changes in Release 5.1
The Friendly Guide to Changes in Release 5.1

Key aspects of the Code of Practice are the same in R5.1 as they were in earlier releases. This Friendly Guide gives an overview of the essential changes and their impact on COUNTER reporting.

The Friendly Video on Changes in Release 5.1
The Friendly Video on Changes in Release 5.1

Key aspects of the Code of Practice are the same in R5.1 as they were in earlier releases. This Friendly Video Class summarises the essential changes you might need to know.

The Brief Introduction to Changes in Release 5.1
The Brief Introduction to Changes in Release 5.1

Key aspects of the Code of Practice are the same in R5.1 as they were in earlier releases. This Brief Introduction provides a quick reference to the essential changes you might need to know.