We're back, and there's a new post up in response to questions about usage-based pricing. www.countermetrics.org/usage-based-...

Big changes! We're going to have full-time staffing (in the form of @tashamc.bsky.social) from the 1st of August. There are big plans for what she'll be doing with those extra hours. Sadly, we're also saying farewell to Siân Harris. Read more at www.countermetrics.org/making-chang...

New consultation out today, on optimising usage metrics for Open Access. Check it out at www.countermetrics.org/oa-consultat...

COUNTER's Board reviewed our Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI) alignment based on the latest version of the Principles, and our update went live this morning at www.countermetrics.org/posi-2026/.

This year was the 3rd COUNTER Conference, and it was the biggest and best yet. 88% of respondents rated the conference as “very good” or “excellent,” and 83% said they would recommend it to their colleagues. www.countermetrics.org/great-confer...

There's a new tech support post up on our website today, all about what happens to date strings in tabular reports. www.countermetrics.org/date-format/ p.s. yes, the image is AI. @tashamc.bsky.social can't draw.

The last post about new features in Release 5.1.1 covers how we've pulled some of our best practices – particularly the pathway to compliance – into the Code. www.countermetrics.org/best-practic...

More about R5.1.1 - we've merged the Code for Research Data into the main Code. This came out of work we did with @makedatacount.bsky.social back in 2024, so it's been a while! www.countermetrics.org/r511-reposit...

As promised, there's more info about the R5.1.1 bots repository update on our site today: www.countermetrics.org/counter-bots/

Huge thanks to our Code Team volunteers, particularly Bernd Oberknapp, who've helped us get fix-and-feature Release 5.1.1 live. Read more at www.countermetrics.org/r511/

As well as our @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social post, we created a synthesis report about the @universitypress.cambridge.org-hosted workshop. You can find it at www.countermetrics.org/ai-workshops/

The Scholarly Kitchen@scholarlykitchen.bsky.social · last mo.

Making AI Use of Scholarly Content Traceable, Measurable, and Trustworthy: A Meeting Report from Cambridge Scholarly AI workshop scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/06/25/m...

One of the questions that @tashamc.bsky.social gets fairly often is about when Release 5 will be retired. It depends on what you mean by retired, so she's put up a post to explain: www.countermetrics.org/retire-r5/

🚨New project alert!🚨 Back in 2019 we created guidelines for aggregating usage metrics. They were used by consortia to describe how libraries should report back to them. Things have changed, so we’re updating the guidelines. Let us know what you think! www.countermetrics.org/aggregating/

We had 470 people registered for the COUNTER Conference last week, and more than 400 unique people joined live online - thank you all for making it a great day! COUNTER members can expect to see the videos later this month once they're edited. www.countermetrics.org/thank-you-co...

Thank you to everyone who was part of our third annual COUNTER conference yesterday. www.countermetrics.org/thank-you-co...

The 2026 COUNTER Conference and AGM starts in 30 minutes, and we've over 460 people registered - that's almost 200 more people than last year. We'll see you all soon!

@tashamc.bsky.social recently chatted with Becky Moakes of Maverick Publishing Consultants on “Redefining Value in the Age of AI”. They covered a ton of ground, and we thought you might like to read Tasha’s answers to some of Becky’s questions! www.countermetrics.org/redefining-v...

Remember, the ONLY way to know if a publisher is COUNTER compliant is to check our (free!) Registry. No record, no compliance. registry.countermetrics.org

New tech support post today: how can text and data mining activity be audited? www.countermetrics.org/tdm-audit/

We've had a question about COUNTER and GDPR, and what can or cannot be shared between data centres in different jurisdictions. Check out the answer on today's post: www.countermetrics.org/usage-gdpr/

We've started compiling a collection on @scienceopen.bsky.social bringing together lots of COUNTER-associated materials. Got something we should add? Let us know! www.scienceopen.com/search#colle...

After the great quote from Heather, we thought you might be interested in where you can find our community. And because the best data is interactive, we've set up a map for you to explore! www.countermetrics.org/footprint-26/

Our footprint - COUNTER Metrics

COUNTER might be small, but we've got a pretty wide geographic reach. Check out the map to see where our community can be found!

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Tasha Mellins-Cohen@tashamc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

There's a lovely quote from Heather Loehr on the @countermetrics.bsky.social news page today, reflecting on her time with the Board. We're lucky to have had her insight and advice for 6 years! www.countermetrics.org/quoting-heat...

Our May newsletter is out. If you've not signed up to receive it in your inbox, you can read it here: www.countermetrics.org/news-may26/

And that's a wrap: the results of the third of our recent best practice projects has been published today. www.countermetrics.org/multi-id-live/

The COUNTER conference and AGM is now open for registration! It is a free event for COUNTER members. We will share the programme in the coming weeks but, in the meantime, we have now opened up last year's presentations to everyone. More information here: www.countermetrics.org/conference-2...

For smaller publishers, full COUNTER compliance can be a major technical challenge. Our new Pathway to Compliance identifies incremental steps they can take to make their usage reporting easier to access and more valuable to libraries. www.countermetrics.org/code-of-prac...

@researchinfo.bsky.social has an article from @tashamc.bsky.social about our AI work. If you're looking for the context in which we put together our new best practice guidelines (www.countermetrics.org/code-of-prac...), this is what you need to read.

Research Information@researchinfo.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Measuring Usage in the Age of AI www.researchinformation.info/analysis-opi... Tasha Mellins-Cohen outlines COUNTER Metrics’ best practice guidance for usage metrics associated with generative and agentic AI @tashamc.bsky.social @countermetrics.bsky.social

We’ve been developing best practice guidance for usage metrics associated with generative and agentic AI. Today, we're delighted to say that they're live at www.countermetrics.org/code-of-prac... Our work is community led. Huge thanks go to our dedicated working group for getting us to this point!

Tasha’s been working her way through the Friendly Guides on our Education pages. As well as making them more accessible, she’s revising and extending them to answer more of your questions. The latest is our tech guide: www.countermetrics.org/extended-tec...

A quick reminder that the deadline for proposals for the COUNTER conference is this Friday. If you've got an idea you'd like to talk about then do submit it. And if there's someone you want to hear from then do encourage them too. www.countermetrics.org/conference-p...