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