<div dir="ltr">Dear all:<div><br></div><div>We've seen a couple of interesting queries about our functionality this past week and wanted to offer some clarification to the larger list, since we've addressed the immediate questions directly with our customers.</div><div><br></div><div>The core purpose of Library Dashboard is to harvest a customer library's COUNTER reports via automated feed to save the library the time and effort, ingest them into the Dashboard, aggregate and normalize them, and make the data available to that library 24/7 through an easy-to-use interface with data analytics and visualization tools. These tools allow libraries to compare usage data and cost data across products, providers, disciplines. etc., and easily spot trends and changes over time.</div><div><br></div><div>Library Dashboard does not provide access to the raw COUNTER reports, although it is possible to export images of the data visualizations and Excel reports from the Dashboard. </div><div><br></div><div>However, having heard from libraries that a central portal to access multiple raw COUNTER reports would be useful, we have been building a SUSHI service in RedLink Network, which is an affiliated public benefit company founded by RedLink. Access to RedLink Network is free to publishers and libraries. This service is being built out and will offer access to reports from more publishers this Fall. As a relatively new company, our goal is to be responsive to the needs of the library community.</div><div><br></div><div>One of our customers asked this group about dealing with COUNTER reports from discovery services in addition to the reporting from the databases the discovery layer surfaces. We would be very interested to hear how the library community addresses these questions, as well. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks very much,</div><div><br></div><div>Nicola</div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_302855969284174503m_-7396892258942619144gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#444444" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><i><font><font>Nicola Poser</font></font></i></font><br><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#444444"><font><font>Managing Director</font></font></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#990000"><font><font>Redlink, Inc.</font></font></font></span></div><div><a href="https://redlink.com" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank"><font color="#444444"><font><font>https://redlink.com</font></font></font></a></div><div><a href="https://redlink-network.org" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank"><font color="#444444"><font><font>https://redlink-network.org</font></font></font></a></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#444444"><font><font>(O) +1 (508) 366-5653</font></font></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#444444"><font><font>(M) +1 (617) 935-6093</font></font></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#444444"><font><font><br></font></font></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#444444"><font><font><br></font></font></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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