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About COUNTERThe use of online information resources is growing rapidly. It is widely agreed by producers and purchasers of information that the use of these resources should be measured in a more consistent way. Librarians want to understand better how the information they buy from a variety of sources is being used; publishers want to know how the information products they disseminate are being accessed. An essential requirement to meet these objectives is an agreed international set of standards and protocols governing the recording and exchange of online usage data. The COUNTER Codes of Practice provide these standards and protocols and are published in full on this website. Currently available are: Release 3 of the COUNTER Code of Practice for Journals and Databases (published August 2008) Release 2 of the COUNTER Code of Practice for Journals and Databases (published April 2005) Release 1 of the COUNTER Code of Practice for Books and Reference Works (published in March 2006) COUNTER Organizational StructureIn 2003 COUNTER was formally incorporated in England as a not-for-profit company, Counter Online Metrics. It has a Board of Directors, which has invested responsibility for the management and direction of COUNTER in the Executive Committee, chaired by Richard Gedye of Oxford University Press. Peter Shepherd, Project Director, is responsible for the day-to-day management of COUNTER and reports to the Executive Committee. The International Advisory Board of COUNTER consists of leading experts from the publishing, library and intermediary world. Click here to view the membership of the COUNTER Board of Directors, Executive Committee and International Advisory Board. Click here to view Organizational Structure of COUNTER DOC (43Kb)Membership information
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