Transcript The COUNTER Code of Practice

COUNTER:
towards reliable online usage statistics
Peter Shepherd
Project Director
COUNTER
31 July 2003
Background
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Goal: credible, compatible, consistent
publisher/vendor-generated statistics for the global
information community
Libraries and consortia need online usage statistics
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To assess the value of different online products/services
To support collection development
To plan infrastructure
Publishers need online usage statistics
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To experiment with new pricing models
To assess the relative importance of the different channels
by which information reaches the market
To provide editorial support
To plan infrastructure
Code of Practice, Release 1:
Main Features
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Definitions of terms used
Specifications for Usage Reports
Data processing guidelines
Auditing
Compliance
Maintenance and development of the Code of
Practice
Governance of COUNTER
Definitions of Terms
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Data elements to be collected
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Page views
3.1.2
 Bibliographic data
3.1.2.1
 Page type
 Source of page
 Authentication of user
3.1.2.2
 Access rights
Session data
Market elements
3.1.2.3
Term
Examples /
formats
Definition
Full text
article, TOC,
Abstract,
Database
record
A uniquely identifiable piece of
published work that may be
original or a digest or a review
of other published work. PDF,
Postscript and HTML formats of
the same full text article (for
example), will be counted as
separate items.
Page type
Item
Article
An item of original written work
published in a journal or other
serial publication. An article is
complete in itself, but usually
cites other relevant published
works in its list of references
TOC (Table
of Contents)
A list of all articles published in
a journal issue
Every effort was made to incorporate or reconcile the definitions
with existing ones from other groups, such as NISO and ICOLC.
Specifications for Usage Reports
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Usage Reports: Level 1
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Usage Reports: Level 2
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Journal Report 3: # of successful item requests and
turnaways by month, journal & page type
Journal Report 4: total searches run, by month & service
Report format: CSV file, as a Microsoft Excel file
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Journal Report 1: # of successful full-text article requests by
month and journal
Journal Report 2: Turnaways by month and journal
Database Report 1: Total searches & sessions by month &
database
Database Report 2: turnaways by month & database
Database Report 3: Total searches & sessions by month &
service
Journal Report 1: Successful Full-Text
Article Requests by Month and Journal
Print ISSN
Online
ISSN
Total for all
journals
Jan 01
Feb 01
Mar 01
Calendar
YTD
6637
8732
7550
45897
Journal of AA
1212-3131
3225-3123
456
521
665
4532
Journal of BB
9821-3361
2312-8751
203
251
275
3465
Journal of CC
2464-2121
0154-1521
0
0
0
0
Journal of DD
5355-5444
0165-5542
203
251
275
2978
Example
Journal Report 2: Turnaways by
Month and Journal
Print
ISSN
Online
ISSN
Page Type
Total:
full-text
turnaways
for all
journals
Jan 01
Feb 01
Mar 01
Calendar
YTD
453
233
318
4765
Journal
of AA
1212-3131
3225-3123
Full text
Turnaways
23
40
12
342
Journal
of BB
9821-3361
2312-8751
Full text
Turnaways
18
20
16
287
Example
Database Report 1: Total Searches
and Sessions by Month & Database
Jan 01
Feb 01
Mar 01
Calendar
YTD
Database AA
Searches Run
2322
2520
2742
29878
Database AA
Sessions
1821
1929
2211
27654
Database BB
Searches Run
3466
3210
4459
36543
Database BB
Sessions
1987
2200
2544
24209
Example
Data processing guidelines
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Covers only intended usage
Impractical to describe filters for all possible
ways to generate usage records
Code of Practice specifies the criteria to be met
by the data used in building the Usage Reports
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Only successful requests will be counted
Records generated by the server, together with the
requested pages, should be ignored
All users’ double clicks within 10 seconds on an httplink should be counted as only one request (30
seconds for PDF)
Auditing
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A publisher or content provider will be able
to state that it is “Counter Compliant” only
if this can be certified through an
independent audit
Auditing will be required beginning in 2004
Auditing processes are under development
A list of COUNTER-approved auditors will
be made available
Compliance 1
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Requirement for 2003
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Licence Agreements
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Standard clause covering COUNTER compliance
Declaration of COUNTER compliance
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Level 1: basic set of journal and database reports
Must be provided at no extra charge
For 2003
Vendors sign declaration and demonstrate to COUNTER that
they can provide at least Level 1 Usage Reports
Register of COUNTER-compliant vendors
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Available from May 2003 on the COUNTER website
Compliance 2
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Vendors already COUNTER compliant
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Blackwell Publishing, Ingenta, ISI, OUP, Portland Press
Vendors who have declared an intention to become
COUNTER compliant during 2003
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American Institute of Physics, BMJ Publishing, CABI
International, EBSCO, Elsevier, Extenza, HighWire Press,
Institute of Physics Publishing, Nature Publishing Group,
Wiley, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Annual Reviews, Atypon
Maintenance and Development of
the Code of Practice
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Full text of the Code of Practice is freely available on the
COUNTER website
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Code of Practice will be systematically extended
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html and PDF formats
An Upgrade Log of proposed changes is maintained
Release 2 to be announced in Jan 2004, implemented Jan 2005
Feedback on Release 1 is actively sought
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Via test sites involving publishers and libraries
Via feedback to COUNTER via the website, International Advisory
Board, etc.
COUNTER organizational structure
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A not-for-profit company in England
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Board structure
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Any surplus is retained by the project
If wound up any funds are transferred to the organization
that takes over COUNTER’s mission
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
International Advisory Board
Specific, task-oriented teams
Membership
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The members own the company
Governance:
Executive Committee
Consortia
Arnold Hirshon
NELINET
USA
Christine Fyfe
David Goodman
Hazel Woodward
Roger Brown
Tony Kidd
Phil Davis
University of Leicester
Princeton University
Cranfield University
Glaxo SmithKline
University of Glasgow
Cornell University
UK
USA
UK
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UK
USA
Richard Gedye
UK (Chair)
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Marthyn Borghuis
Timo Hannay
Terry Hulbert
Eileen Shanbrom
Oliver Pesch
Oxford University Press
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Peter Shepherd
(Project Director)
UK
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Libraries
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Publishers, Aggregators, etc.
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Elsevier Science
Nature Publishing Group
Institute of Physics
American Chemical Society
EBSCO
Netherlands
UK
UK
USA
USA
Governance:
International Advisory Board
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37 members, representing the following major
constituencies
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Publishers: 9
Intermediaries: 4
Industry organizations: 6
Libraries: 8
Consortia: 4
Other: 4
COUNTER Membership
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Member Categories and Annual Fees
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Publishers/intermediaries: £500
Library Consortia: £335
Libraries: £250
Industry organization: £250
Library affiliate: £100 (non-voting member)
Benefits of full membership
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Owner of COUNTER with voting rights at
annual general meeting, etc.
Regular bulletins on progress
Opportunity to receive advice on
implementation
Future Developments:
2003 and beyond
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Objectives for 2003
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Promote and gain acceptance for the Code of Practice
Obtain feedback on Release 1
Develop Release 2
Define audit process for 2004
Define and set up a permanent administrative structure
Promote membership of COUNTER
Widespread implementation by vendors for 2004 subscription year
Beyond 2003
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Build membership of COUNTER
Extend and deepen Code of Practice
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Cover e-books, etc
Journal reporting at article level
COUNTER Founding Sponsors
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AAP/PSP
AIP
ALPSP
ARL
ASA
Atypon
Blackwell Publishing
BMJ Publishing Group
EBSCO
Elsevier Science
ICSTI
Ingenta
IOPP
ISI
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JSTOR
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Nature Publishing Group
New England Journal of
Medicine
OCLC
Oxford University Press
The Publishers Association
ProQuest
Taylor & Francis Group
STM
Swets Blackwell
Thieme Publishing Group
UKSG
For more information……….
www.projectCounter.org
Peter Shepherd (Project Director)
[email protected]