Shepherd, Peter T.Woodward, Hazel2009-11-252009-11-252009-11Peter T. Shepherd and Hazel Woodward, The COUNTER Code of Practice for Books and Reference Works - a primer, Serials: The Journal for the Serials Community , 2009, Volume 22, Issue 3, Supplement 1, pg S39-S440953-0460http://hdl.handle.net/1826/4011https://dx.doi.org/10.1629/22S39Release 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.enArticle