Loading COUNTER Reports
OVERVIEW
Alma can collect and report on electronic resource usage statistics information supplied by content providers in COUNTER format. COUNTER compliant data is preferred for IPEDS and ACRL reports. Full functionality of managing COUNTER-Compliant usage data in Alma was released in May 2017.
GALILEO Loaded COUNTER Reports
GALILEO Staff is now loading GALILEO vendor COUNTER data for institutions that currently don't load COUNTER data locally. At the moment, COUNTER data is being loaded manually, every 6 months (January and August), but loading will eventually move to SUSHI harvesting, for vendors that offer SUSHI harvesting.
Although the data is being loaded by GALILEO Staff, the data is being loaded into each institution's IZ for analytics reporting in the IZ and the NZ. A vendor record "GALILEO COUNTER Reports" has been created in institution's IZ to facility the loading of COUNTER data.
For information on what data has been loaded for institutions, please see the following multi-worksheet Google Doc.
Local Documentation - Setting up SUSHI in Alma
This documentation walks you through the necessary steps to set up SUSHI (Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative) for Counter Release 4.
This documentation walks you through the necessary steps to set up SUSHI (Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative) for Counter Release 5.
EX LIBRIS DOCUMENTATION
Managing COUNTER-Compliant Usage Data
Ask the Expert video
SUPPLEMENTAL LINKS
COUNTER Project Information
SUSHI Setup