Distributed Usage Logging: What to Consider

Abstract

This article will examine the use of Distributed Usage Logging (DUL) via the Digital Object Identifier (DOI). Implications for the future will be discussed. Also, the article will discuss what librarians should consider as these new statistics are released by vendors and other electronic resource aggregators.

Key players

• COUNTER: https://www.projectcounter.org/

• Crossref: https://www.crossref.org/

• Elsevier: https://www.elsevier.com/

• Atypon: https://www.atypon.com/

Keywords:

• Distributed Usage Logging (DUL)
• Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
• electronic resources
• electronic resource statistics
• COUNTER statistics

Notes

¹Norman Paskin, “Digital Object Identifier (DOI) System,” https://www-doi-org.jproxy.lib.ecu.edu/overview/DOI_article_ELIS3.pdf (accessed January 30, 2019).

²Elizabeth Gasiorowski-Denis, “Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Becomes an ISO Standard,” ISO. http://www.iso.org/cms/render/live/en/sites/isoorg/contents/news/2012/05/Ref1561.html (accessed January 30, 2019).

³“COUNTER Code of Practice, 6.0 Logging Usage,” https://www.projectcounter.org/, https://www.projectcounter.org/wp-content/themes/project-counter-2016/pdfs/COUNTER-code-of-practice-6-logging-usage.pdf?v=1556218668. (accessed April 25, 2019).

⁴“Distributed Usage Logging: A Report on Stakeholder Demand,” Information Power, October 2016, Winchester, UK, https://www.projectcounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IPL-DUL-Report-Final-1.pdf (accessed January 30, 2019).

⁵“Atypon, Elsevier and Digital Science Collaborate to Deliver Usage Reporting,” https://www.atypon.com/news/atypon-elsevier-and-digital-science-collaborate-to-deliver-usage-reporting/ (accessed January 10, 2019).

⁶Ibid.

⁷Chris Shillum, “Distributed Usage Logging Update Count Every Download,” Presentation, STM Webinar, https://www.stm-assoc.org/2018_11_06_Distributed_usage_logging_STM_Webinar.pdf (accessed April 30, 2019).

⁸“DUL Project Working Group.” https://www.crossref.org/working-groups/distributed-usage-logging/ (accessed January 10, 2019).

⁹Distributed Usage Logging: a report on stakeholder demand.

¹⁰Ibid.

¹¹Ibid.

¹²Ibid.

¹³Ibid.

¹⁴Ibid.