[InetBib] Usus - neue Webseite zu Nutzungsstatistiken

["Mittermaier, Bernhard" <b.mittermaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,

es gibt eine neue Webseite für den Austausch zu Problemen (und Lösungen) rund 
um COUNTER-Statistiken, siehe unten.

Besten Gruß
Bernhard Mittermaier

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Dr. Bernhard Mittermaier
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Leiter der Zentralbibliothek / Head of the Central Library

Tel  ++49-2461-613013
Fax ++49-2461-616103


October 8, 2014

Announcing Usus - a community website on usage

Usus (Latin for usage) is a new, independent, community-run website 
(http://www.usus.org.uk/) for all those interested in the usage of online 
content.  It is designed to support a productive conversation among librarians, 
publishers, aggregators, and repository managers so that we can all get the 
best possible usage reports for our electronic resources.

The Usus website provides:

  *   A source of  hints and tips on solving known problems
  *   A list of vendors with problems that are affecting the credibility and/or 
usefulness of the COUNTER reports
  *   A collection point for suggestions for new COUNTER usage reports and 
metrics

Supervisory Board

The Usus Supervisory Board will ensure that the website is editorially 
independent and will serve the needs of the community. Chaired by Anne 
Osterman, Deputy Director of VIVA (the Virtual Library of Virginia), the 
members of the Supervisory Board are:

Anne Osterman, VIVA, USA (Chair)
Simon Bevan, Cranfield University, UK
Melissa Blaney, ACS Publications, USA
Anna Creech, University of Richmond, USA
Lorraine Estelle, JISC, UK
Oliver Pesch, EBSCO, USA
Kari Schmidt, Montgomery College, USA
Mark Tullos, ProQuest, USA

Travel Award

Thank you to Project COUNTER for the financial support needed to get Usus off 
the ground.  COUNTER has also offered to provide a travel award worth 
£1,000/$1,500 to a librarian who contributes the best opinion piece for the 
News & Opinions section of the Usus site.  The award can be used to travel to 
the Charleston Conference, UKSG Conference, or Electronic Resources & Libraries 
Conference.  Please send your submissions of 1,000 words or less to 
usus.stats@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:usus.stats@xxxxxxxxx> by December 31, 2014.


For more information, please contact Usus at: 
usus.stats@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:usus.stats@xxxxxxxxx>






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