Project COUNTER Task Group
2009-2010 Annual Report

June 20, 2010

In the Spring 2010, Lorna Tang became the chair of this Task Group. In the past year, the group has updated the links on the Task Group's website and has added to the bibliography on Project COUNTER.

The Release 3 of the COUNTER Code of Practice for Journals and Databases was published in August 2008. The latest "Register of COUNTER Release 3 compliant vendors" (updated May 2010) has revealed the absence of legal information providers. So, there is more work to be done by law librarians to convince legal publishers the importance of providing usage statistics and becoming Project COUNTER compliant.

Projects for the next year include:

  1. Update the spreadsheet about usage statistics resources.
  2. Contact the AALL CRIV Committee to see how we can send the sample letters to vendors to encourage their participation in Project COUNTER.
  3. Inform AALL members on the latest of collecting usage statistics and Project COUNTER.