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Greetings, My apologies for cross-posting. I am writing an article for Computers in Libraries on electronic resource usage data. I want to find out how widely used COUNTER and SUSHI are in libraries and how well the COUNTER standard suits the needs of libraries. This year, I worked with COUNTER and SUSHI quite extensively as I built a program that attempted to gather usage data automatically and generate a cost-per-use analysis. The existing standards made this project virtually impossible. There is also a general sentiment in listservs that collecting usage data is still quite a chore despite the ongoing development of COUNTER and SUSHI. Below is a link to a short, six-question survey. The data from this survey will be used in my article to inform my conclusions regarding the usefulness of the COUNTER and SUSHI standards and how they could be improved in the future to become more useful to libraries. The article will be published in the November issue of Computers in Libraries. If you are the administrator of electronic resources for your institution, I’d appreciate if you’d take a moment to complete the survey. It should take five minutes or less. Thank you for your time. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2TMNSTX Josh Welker Electronic/Media Services Librarian College Liaison University Libraries Southwest Baptist University 417.328.1624