Bloomsbury Digital Resources platforms provide usage statistics to customers in accordance with the COUNTER Code of Practice.
COUNTER 5 reports are available to subscribing institutions via our Administrator Portal (username and password required). If you need a username and password please contact us.
Subscribing institutions can also use our SUSHI service for automated retrieval of COUNTER 5 usage statistics. Please contact us to request your credentials and information on using this service.
FAQ on COUNTER 5 reporting
Why are Bloomsbury usage statistics changing to COUNTER 5?
The COUNTER Code of Practice is the industry-standard format for usage reporting of electronic resources. Bloomsbury products are COUNTER-compliant. Release 5 is the current Code of Practice and the requirement for COUNTER compliance.
Where can I find more information about the COUNTER Release 5 usage reports?
COUNTER has produced The Friendly Guide to Release 5 for Librarians and COUNTER Foundations Classes. You can also read Release 5 of the Code of Practice in full on the COUNTER website.
What is the difference between COUNTER 5 reports and COUNTER 4 reports?
The COUNTER Code of Practice includes an appendix: Changes from Previous Releases which shows how the reports have changed and which reports have been eliminated.
Where can I access my COUNTER reports?
COUNTER 5 reports are available to subscribing institutions via our Administrator Portal (username and password required). If you need an username and password please contact us.
Can I use SUSHI?
Yes, subscribing institutions can use our SUSHI service for automated retrieval of COUNTER 5 usage statistics. Please contact us to request your credentials and information on using this service.
Where can I access usage statistics (COUNTER reports) for Bloomsbury Design Library, Bloomsbury Applied Visual Arts, Bloomsbury International Encyclopedia of Surrealism and Bloomsbury Architecture Library?
As these four sites are now part of the main Bloomsbury Visual Arts hub they no longer have their own URL/domain for COUNTER purposes. Each collection will instead be a database within Bloomsbury Visual Arts on the COUNTER 5 Database reports.
All COUNTER usage for these collections will come via the Bloomsbury Visual Arts COUNTER API key and any COUNTER 5 usage prior to the migration in March 2023 (November 2023 for the Bloomsbury Architecture Library) will be available under a separate collection entry.
Which COUNTER reports are available?
For COUNTER 5, the following reports are available:
- DR: Database Master Report
- DR_D1: Database Search and Item Usage
- Platform Master report - PR
- Platform Usage – PR_P1
- Title Master Report- TR
- Book Requests (excluding "OA_Gold") - TR_B1
- Book Access Denied - TR_B2
- Book Usage by Access Type - TR_B3
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