From: "Bevan, Simon" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 10:27:03 +0000

The IRUS-UK project methodology may be a way for your members to at
least get around the 'almost impossible' issue of providing COUNTER
compliant article level usage data from repositories...

http://www.irus.mimas.ac.uk/

Simon Bevan
Director of Library Services and University Librarian
Cranfield University
UK

> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: Anne McKee <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 14:48:53 -0700
>
> Happy week of Thanksgiving!
>
> I know this is a short week for many, but I've been negotiating with a
> major publisher for over 2 months with their license.  We had a
> conference call today about the remaining issues-one being the usage
> statistics this publisher wants our members to send them for articles
> that individual authors have added to their institution's IR.
>
> "The Licensee will make reasonable efforts to provide XXXX annually
> with statistics about the number of articles deposited each year by
> Authorized Users (or the Library's library staff on their behalf)
> under this provision, together with usage data about the number of
> accesses to and downloads of such articles, consistent with applicable
> privacy and confidentiality laws. "
>
> This license also is insisting on a 12 month embargo and has COUNTER
> compliance required
>
> I have strenuously objected to this over and over saying this would be
> an onerous (and almost impossible) compulsory mandate for our members.
> I've sent this out to our membership this am and I've already received
> 7 responses saying that this would prove almost impossible to
> do-particularly if they want the article level.
>
> Said publisher has expressed surprise stating that ALL their licenses
> have had this language for the past year and neither consortia nor
> libraries have objected to this.
>
> Anne E. McKee, M.L.S.
> Program Officer for Resource Sharing
> Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) [log in to unmask] www.GWLA.org