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Hi, James - I did read the definitions, but to me, result clicks and record views are not the same thing as searches. This is also for COUNTER 4, although I do not see that most of our vendors are providing such statistics at this point - certainly not for ARL for this past fiscal year, which will be almost entirely COUNTER 3 statistics. We do have some non-COUNTER resources that count record views as I recall. Thanks, Stephanie From: Lib-Stats [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of James Carvalho Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 6:30 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: ARL stats for electronic resources Hi Stephanie, The information you are looking for can be found in the document titled "The COUNTER Code of Practice for e-Resources: Release 4" which is available at the following URL: http://www.projectcounter.org/r4/COPR4.pdf. Hope that helps. Regards, James Carvalho Collections and Scholarly Communications Office University Libraries Arizona State University From: Lib-Stats [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Aken, Stephanie Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 1:12 PM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: ARL stats for electronic resources Have any of you looked at the new ARL form due Oct. 15? In the past, we reported the number of database searches and also included the number of sessions if the publisher/vendor supplied that information. This year, however, we were expecting not to have to report sessions at all, but now, we are supposed to report clicks and views as follows: USE OF ELECTRONIC RESOURCES (following COUNTER definitions) 17. Number of successful full-text article requests (journals) (17)___________________ 17a. Number of resources for which you are reporting (17a)___________________ 18. Number of total searches, result clicks and record views (databases) (18)___________________ 18a. Number of resources for which you are reporting (18a)___________________ I am assuming that these must be included in the number of searches, although I do not consider a record view to be the same thing as a search. We have asked ARL for definitions and examples, but they referred us to last year's supplementary instructions (which do not mention clicks and views). The new instructions should be ready later in August, but we are trying to begin an in-house project asap and would like to collect all information from each resource at one time without having to log back in at a later time should that be necessary for this question. Does anyone have any insight into what we are counting here? We aren't entirely sure how to define a database anymore, as many platforms are now searchable (and HighWire is given as an example of a database). Thank you for any advice you can provide on the clicks and views. Best regards, Stephanie Nicely Aken, Head, Electronic Resources Unit, University of Kentucky Libraries William T. Young Library University of Kentucky 500 S. Limestone Lexington, KY 40506-0456 phone: (859) 257-0500, ext. 2050 fax: (859) 257-0508 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> STATEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are confidential and are intended solely for addressee. The information may also be legally privileged. This transmission is sent in trust, for the sole purpose of delivery to the intended recipient. If you have received this transmission in error, any use, reproduction or dissemination of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail or by calling (859) 257-0500, x2050 and delete this message and its attachments, if any.