COUNTER metrics

Thank you for sharing, Clare. The consultations have closed but we will be providing updates on all three of them soon.

Advert for conference session at REDUX 2026 - How Does AI COUNT? Normalised Usage Metrics in an Artificial World. Weds 18 March.

Just a reminder that I am chairing a session at REDUX conference next week with @tashamc.bsky.social and Monica Westin. We are talking AI Usage Metrics and what @countermetrics.bsky.social are doing to help publishers and librarians make them count!
@alpsp.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social

There's still time to put in a proposal to speak at the COUNTER conference. If there are people you'd like to hear from please do encourage them to submit a proposal. www.countermetrics.org/conference-2...

We've been working on improving the accessibility of our Friendly Guides. And new Friendly Guides are in the plans for this year. Learn more: www.countermetrics.org/new-guides/

Last week @sianharris.bsky.social was at #r2rconf and part of a workshop on community engagement. So, what does community engagement look like in COUNTER and how can you get involved? www.countermetrics.org/community-an...

If you are attending the Redux in March, please come along to a session I am chairing - How Does AI COUNT? Normalised Usage Metrics in an Artificial World.
www.alpsp.org/events/up-re...
@countermetrics.bsky.social @tashamc.bsky.social @alpsp.bsky.social

If you haven't yet filled in COUNTER's AI consultation, you've got a few more days left to do so. Click on our latest story for a reminder of the details of this consultation and what happens next with all our consultations. www.countermetrics.org/ai-consultat...

This year's COUNTER conference is happening on 11 June, online. We have now opened our call for proposals. Please consider putting in a proposal to speak. And if there is someone you'd like to hear from please encourage them to submit a proposal too.
www.countermetrics.org/conference-2026-proposals

Our consultation about our first phase of work (first party AI usage) is open until 23 Feb. Please do respond and have your say! www.countermetrics.org/ai-consultat...

Guest Post — There's an Elephant in the Room, but Not in Your Usage Reports - The Scholarly Kitchen Today's guest bloggers spotlight a gap in traditional usage reporting, third-party AI usage, and recommend steps needed to recover missing usage data.

What challenges do third-party AI tools create for measuring usage? Our AI metrics working group has been working on this for a while and it's great to see this post on @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social exploring the issues.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/12/g...

We are pleased to share that, a year after the launch of Release 5.1, over 80% of publishers and platforms in the COUNTER Registry are already R5.1-compliant. www.countermetrics.org/80-r51-compl...

It's the first day of our new listserv and the first day of our second COUNTER Academy course. And we still have three best practice consultations live and an opportunity to join our board. Take a look at our website for all that is going on. www.countermetrics.org

📣 New COUNTER listserv📣

A new space to discuss issues related to @countermetrics.bsky.social, from the Code of Practice, publisher implementations, library uses, supportive technologies, and more.

Join at www.countermetrics.org/listserv/

Could you be our next Board member?

We’re seeking 2 new people to join our Board of Directors from 2026–2028. Our Board keeps us on track, ensuring we deliver on the COUNTER mission and objectives. www.countermetrics.org/join-board-26/

COUNTER Academy - waiting list Register interest in the 2026 COUNTER Academy. There will be two cohorts of the COUNTER Academy in 2026, in February and in July; please indicate which you would prefer. We already have considerable i...

If you are a COUNTER member and interested in the COUNTER Academy please do register interest using this form. Our next courses start on 2 Feb and then 29 Jun. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Collaboration is key! I'm taking @countermetrics.bsky.social usage expertise & recent work on AI to @nisoinfo.bsky.social.

We've extended the AI metrics consultation to 23-Feb (after NISO+), so you've got extra time to consider the proposals. More at www.countermetrics.org/niso-ai/

COUNTER consultation three-webinar series January 2026 | COUNTER Online Metrics Join this member-only webinar series to learn more about the three consultations we are currently running. 9 January - Pathways to Compliance 16 Jan - Reporting to Multiple Institutional Identities 2...

Happy New Year! Our first members' webinar on the current COUNTER consultations is tomorrow! Register here countermetrics.glueup.com/event/counte...

If you want to know more about COUNTER while we are off, do take a look at the COUNTER website. Our site includes a wealth of guides and videos in our Education area, as well as an FAQ section. www.countermetrics.org/education/

Closed for the holidays - COUNTER Metrics Happy holidays from the COUNTER team! Our office is closed for the holidays from 19 December 2025, back on 5 January 2026.

It's been a busy year - Release 5.1, COUNTER Conference, new Validator, COUNTER Academy and now 3 consultations live.

We are now taking a break for the holidays. We wish you all a relaxing, happy holiday whatever you'll be doing, and a great start to 2026.

www.countermetrics.org/holiday-2025/

Building out the materials for @countermetrics.bsky.social Academy took a lot of time and careful thought, ably assisted by @sianharris.bsky.social and with AMAZING modules contributed by @athenahoeppener.bsky.social and Beda Kosata.

Congratulations to our first COUNTER Academy graduates! Our first in-depth online course saw a completion rate of 86% and many positive comments from participants. Our second course starts in February. www.countermetrics.org/congratulati...

Last year we held a members-only webinar on "Introduction to COUNTER Reports". The recording of that webinar is now available to everyone:
www.countermetrics.org/counter-repo...

Navigating your COUNTER Usage Statistics YouTube video by APA Publishing Training

Hey #librarians, did you know you can access @countermetrics.bsky.social statistics on the APA admin center? Check out this video tutorial to learn how: https://bit.ly/3MlTJQ3

COUNTER Releases Draft: Best Practice Guidance For Reporting #AI Usage; Feedback Welcome www.infodocket.com/2025/12/08/c... #GenAI #scholcomm #publishing #publishers #libraries #metrics @countermetrics.bsky.social

We have now launched the third of our current consultations: on AI metrics. Read about it and respond here: www.countermetrics.org/ai-consultat...

TL,DR: Publishers have 28 days to deliver @countermetrics.bsky.social reports - so November 2025 will be available on 28 December. If you're trying to get them now, it's too early.

At COUNTER we sometimes get questions about the timing of COUNTER-compliant reports becoming available. In today's blog post, @tashamc.bsky.social addresses a couple of these common questions. www.countermetrics.org/harvest-seas...

The second of our three current consultations is out today! This one is on Reporting to Multiple Institutional Identities. Please take a look and share your feedback and suggestions. www.countermetrics.org/consultation...

We sent out our November COUNTER newsletter today. You can read it all here: www.countermetrics.org/newsletter-n...

We have just launched the first of three consultations. This one is on pathways to compliance. What incremental steps could non-compliant publishers could take to make their usage reporting easier to access and more valuable to report consumers? Have your say! www.countermetrics.org/pathways-con...