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COUNTER Metrics: An Unsatisfactory Measurement of a University’s Usage of Open Access Books
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COUNTER Metrics: An Unsatisfactory Measurement of a University’s Usage of Open Access Books

We explain our concerns about COUNTER statistics as a measure of the usage of Open Access digital resources by members of a university library—and particularly when they are compared with similar statistics for ‘closed access’ and paywalled content.
Feb 17, 2020 3 min read
What We Talk About When We Talk About… Book Usage Data
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What We Talk About When We Talk About… Book Usage Data

An easy-to-understand explanation of how we collect our book usage data, and why we have started to present it differently.
Nov 13, 2019 8 min read
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