Re: Project COUNTER: Online Librarian Survey

[David Goodman <dgoodman@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>]

David Goodman
Research Librarian and
Biological Sciences Bibliographer
Princeton University Library
dgoodman@princeton.edu            609-258-7785

On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Ann Okerson wrote:

> Some of us will certainly wish to fill out this survey.  Forwarded with
> permission.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Shepherd [mailto:pt_shepherd@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 5:01 AM
> To: tom@ohiolink.ohiolink.edu
> Subject: Project COUNTER: Online Librarian Survey
>
> Since we met at the SSP meeting at the end of May, we have been making
> good progress on COUNTER. The COUNTER website is now live
> (www.projectCounter.org ) and the Code of practice we plan to release
> before the end of 2002 is developing according to plan.
>
> An important section of the Code of Practice will be the Usage Reports
> that vendors will have to provide if they are to be designated
> 'COUNTER-compliant'. We have prepared the first draft of these Usage
> Reports and are seeking librarian feedback on them in an Online Survey.
> This survey is available via the COUNTER web page.
>
> One reason I write to you today is to ask for your help in making
> librarians aware of the project in general and of the online survey in
> particular. To this end I would appreciate it if you could do two things:
>
> 1. Using the text in the attached press release, announce the availablity
> of the Online Survey to Ohiolink and ICOLC members.
>
> 2. Place a link to the COUNTER site on the Ohiolink and ICOLC websites.
>
> I do hope you will be able to help us in this way. If you have any
> specific questions about COUNTER, please do not hesitate to contact me.