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You have to remember that the COUNTER standard evolves. There were a number of vendors and agencies (for example Swets - I know because I have already complained several times about their failure to remain COUNTER compliant) who did not yet manage to upgrade to Release 2 - consequently they are no longer listed as COUNTER compliant. Release 2 was published in May 2005 and became the valid Code of Practice for Journals and Databases on Jan 1, 2006, so it is hard to understand why vendors were not able to implement the required changes in time. I can only ask you to put pressure on them by requiring them to deliver COUNTER compliant statistics in your license agreements. Otherwise, COUNTER will lose its effectiveness as an industry standard. Another reason for a delay may be that COUNTER vendors must audit on a regular basis to maintain their COUNTER compliant status. If these audits failed or are not yet completed, they may be some delay. Best regards, Bernd-Christoph Kaemper, Stuttgart University Library ----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ----- Von: S Nieminen <[log in to unmask]> Datum: Mittwoch, Januar 24, 2007 6:03 pm Betreff: [LIS-E-JOURNALS] COUNTER Compliant vendors or not > Apologies for cross-posting. > > While compiling a list of COUNTER compliant resources at our > institution I > went to cross-check my findings at Compliant Vendors webpage > http://www.projectcounter.org/articles.html. I was surprised > to find that a number of vendors that provide us with COUNTER > stats > were not listed as compliant. As examples I can give Wiley > Interscience and Ingenta. I also found that a number of vendors > were > listed as "members", including Ingenta. How can we discern between > COUNTER compliant and non-compliant vendors? Are members compliant? > If they are, why are they not on the list? What about those vendors > who seem to be providing compliant stats but are not listed? > > Cheers, > > Satu Nieminen > Electronic Resources Librarian > The University of Bradford >