ICOLC Web Stats Guidelines issued

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Of possible interest. Ann Okerson

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Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:38:24 -0400
From: Tom Sanville <tom@ohiolink.edu>

Today these publications received the announcement below: 
Advanced Technology Libraries, American Libraries, C&RL News, 
Information Today, LJ Academic Newswire, LJ and Information 
Outlook.

I ask colleagues, especially outside the US, to pass this on to 
the appropriate additional publications in your area.

Thanks

tom

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International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC)
October 4, 2006

For further information about the Guidelines, Contact:
Kathy Perry, Director, VIVA (The Virtual Library of Virginia), MSC 2FL,
c/o George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444, Phone:
703.993.4652; kperry@gmu.edu <mailto:kperry@gmu.edu>.

ICOLC's Revised Guidelines for Statistical Measures of Usage of 
Web-Based Information Sources (Initially released in November 
1998, revised December 2001, September 2006)

With the continuing endorsement of 83 consortia from around the 
world, this revision reflects the ICOLC's previous endorsement of 
Project COUNTER and the ICOLC community's new endorsement of 
NISO's Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative 
(SUSHI) protocol and reliance on XML as the standard delivery 
format for usage statistics.

The ICOLC Guidelines for Statistical Measures are designed to 
provide consortia administrators with the information needed to 
effectively carry out their responsibilities and to provide 
vendors a practical framework in which to deliver usage 
statistics in the current environment. The complete guidelines, 
including the list of 83 consortia that have approved this 
statement as of September 29, 2006, are online at 
http://www.library.yale.edu/consortia/webstats06.htm.

About the International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC)

The International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) has been 
in existence since 1996.  The Coalition is an international, 
informal group currently comprising approximately 200 library 
consortia in North and South America, Europe, Australia, Asia, 
and Africa.  The member consortia serve all types and sizes of 
libraries.  ICOLC facilitates discussion among consortia on 
issues of common interest, and conducts one meeting per year in 
North America and one meeting per year in Europe.  The 
organization is dedicated to keeping its members informed about 
electronic information resources, pricing practices of electronic 
publishers and vendors, and other issues of importance to 
consortium directors and governing boards.  The Coalition also 
meets with the information provider community to discuss product 
offerings and issues of mutual concern.

More information about ICOLC can be found at:
http://www.library.yale.edu/consortia or contact Tom Sanville, Executive
Director, OhioLINK, Suite 300, 2455 North Star Road, Columbus, OH 43221,
Phone: 614-728-3600, ext. 322; tom@ohiolink.edu

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OhioLINK
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tom@ohiolink.edu