[Eril-l] *PLEASE HELP* Methods to assess non-COUNTER-compliant resources

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Hi Jessica,

We gather stats from several non-COUNTER vendors...but I haven't found a
more efficient solution than logging into a vendor's website and manually
downloading reports, and/or pestering the relevant vendor rep for usage
reports. It's work that can theoretically be farmed out to a student
employee, but it would have to be someone you trust with your vendor
passwords. Finding the usage reports on a vendor's website can also be
challenging.

If you have the reports in hand, CELUS <https://www.celus.net/> can ingest
non-COUNTER reports, provided they are in tabular format (csv, etc), so you
can easily report non-COUNTER data alongside your COUNTER reports (without
adding them together!). The program can already handle several major
non-COUNTER vendors (see here for a list
<https://support.celus.net/support/solutions/articles/103000096445-non-counter-platforms-processing-in-celus>),
and they add more platforms regularly.

Best,
John

John Kimbrough
Electronic Resources Librarian
Georgetown University Library
jwk77 at georgetown.edu | eresources at georgetown.edu




On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 1:32 PM Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion
list via Eril-l <eril-l at lists.eril-l.org> wrote:

> To clarify, I’m not looking for specific instructions on how to gather
> stats from specific vendors; I’m looking to see if anyone has developed a
> process/workflow/etc. to gather stats from these vendors in a more
> efficient way.
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> If you would like an example, I’m looking at Insider Intelligence and some
> other business databases that are non-COUNTER.
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