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SUSHI: simplifying the delivery of usage statistics
Author(s) -
PESCH Oliver
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1087/095315107779490580
Subject(s) - computer science , world wide web , task (project management) , usage data , code (set theory) , protocol (science) , raw data , data collection , statistics , engineering , medicine , alternative medicine , systems engineering , set (abstract data type) , programming language , mathematics , pathology
In 2005, SUSHI became the latest buzzword in the library community. This article (and this kind of SUSHI) refers to usage data, not raw fish. The growth of online collections has resulted in libraries demanding that publishers provide detailed usage data to allow them to better manage their collections and purchases. The Project COUNTER Code of Practice was created in response to this need; however, it did not address the painstaking task of collection and management of the usage data. SUSHI is a new protocol developed to allow for automated retrieval of COUNTER usage reports from publishers and other content providers.