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When
Friday, September 26, 2025
From 13:00 BST to 14:00 BST
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Where
Online
United Kingdom
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About the Event
COUNTER has been the standard for usage metrics for more than two decades, but the world has changed. Can COUNTER tell us what we need to know about open access or syndicated usage? What about generative and agentic AI? Some would argue that we need something new. In this webinar, we’ll hear from Tasha Mellins-Cohen about why we should be building on the solid COUNTER foundation. She’ll touch on how many publishers are already delivering OA-optimised reporting, best practice for reporting usage of syndicated content, and how the COUNTER community is collaborating to build guidelines for reporting AI usage.
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Speakers
Tasha Mellins-Cohen
Executive Director | COUNTER Metrics
Tasha Mellins-Cohen, Executive Director at COUNTER Metrics and Founder of Mellins-Cohen Consulting, joined the scholarly publishing industry in 2001. She has held roles within learned societies and commercial publishers across operations, technology, editorial and executive functions, while donating time to key industry initiatives and bodies such as UKSG, ALPSP and STM. In 2020 she started consulting in response to requests for help in developing and implementing OA business models in not-for-profit groups. In 2022 she stepped up from volunteer to Director at COUNTER Metrics, the standard for usage metrics, alongside her consulting work.
Learning outcomes
1. Why we need normalised metrics
2. What COUNTER is already doing in OA, syndication and AI
3. Community collaboration opportunities
Subject level and previous knowledge required
Introductory and non-intensive, no previous knowledge or experience required. Basic awareness of usage metrics would be helpful.
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