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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hello James.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">BR1s and BR2s are going to be changing with COUNTER Release 5.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">See https://www.projectcounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Release_5_Librarians_20190509-Revised-Edition.pdf
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">In section 9, after the table:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">“</span><span style="color:black">If you are used to using Release 4’s BR1 and BR2 reports to assess book usage, you should now use the TR_B1 report to obtain comparable statistics.
The Unique_Title_Requests metric in TR_B1 will tell you the usage for each book, whether the platform delivers whole books or individual chapters.</span><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dan Michniewicz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Digital Resources Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">daniel.michniewicz@senecacollege.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">“Libraries and librarians acquire, organize, and provide access to information. Period.”
</span></i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">-- Me, 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Eril-l <eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>James C. Miller<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 10, 2019 9:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> eril-l@lists.eril-l.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Eril-l] Compiling eBook usage stats - do you include BR1 AND BR2?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I'm thinking of shifting away from collecting BR1 (title requests) and moving solely to providing BR2 (section/chapter requests) for annual reporting on eBook usage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I was wondering about the consensus on the listserv. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Is there any value to including BR1 reports when providing eBook usage data?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">James <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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