Browsing by Author "Shepherd, Peter T."

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    The COUNTER Code of Practice for Books and Reference Works – a primer
    (United Kingdom Serials Group, 2009-11) Shepherd, Peter T.; Woodward, Hazel
    Release 1 of the COUNTER Code of Practice for Books and Reference Works was published in 2006 and provides an international standard for vendor recording and reporting of the usage of e-books and reference works. By July 2009, 23 vendors were compliant with this Code of Practice. It has much in common with the well-established COUNTER Code of Practice for Journals and Databases but it also has a number of important features that take into account the greater diversity of e-books. This article provides a guide to the Code of Practice for both vendors and librarians, and addresses compliance issues relevant to both groups.
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    PIRUS Final Report
    (2009-01) Shepherd, Peter T.; Needham, Paul A. S.
    The aim of PIRUS (Publisher and Institutional Repository Usage Statistics) was to develop COUNTER-compliant standards and usage reports at the individual article level that can be implemented by any entity (publisher, aggregator, repository, etc.,) that hosts online journal articles and will enable the usage of research outputs to be recorded, reported and consolidated at a global level in a standard way.