COUNTER provides the standard that enables the knowledge community to count the use of electronic resources. Known as the Code of Practice, the standard ensures vendors and publishers can provide their library customers with consistent, credible and comparable usage data.
SUSHI (Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative) is an ANSI / NISO Standard that defines automated request and response model for harvesting e-resource usage data. CC-PLUS harvests reports using the The COUNTER 5 SUSHI API, in which the vendor provides a SUSHI-compliant server and the user runs client software to harvest the reports from the server.
Per the COUNTER Code of Practices 5.0.2, 8.2 Authentication and Security for COUNTER_SUSHI API:
KYVL is working to automate harvests in CC-PLUS for KYVL's SUSHI-compliant vendors -- Britannica, EBSCO, Gale and ProQuest -- for KYVL institutional members, which include school districts, public library systems, and colleges and universities. KYVL members wishing to automate harvesting of COUNTER 5 reports for other SUSHI-compliant vendors or at the school, branch or campus level may reach out to KYVL at kyvl@ky.gov.
Required vendor data includes vendor name, SUSH endpoint and reports to be harvested. Sources of vendor SUSHI data include:
Institution-specific credentials are also required. These vary by vendor and may include one or more of customer ID, requestor ID, API key and requestor IP address.
Those wishing to test their settings may register to use the COUNTER R5 Validation Tool currently under development.
Provider | SUSHI Endpoint | Reports | Required credentials | Status |
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1 - Britannica | sushi.stats.eb.com/sushi/c5/reports | DR, IR, PR | Customer ID (use BOAT ID) | |
2 - ESBCO | sushi.ebscohost.com/R5 | TR, DR, PR | EBSCO Site ID Requestor ID |
OK |
3 - Gale Cengage | sushi5.galegroup.com/sushi/reports | TR, DR, PR | Requestor ID Customer ID = loc|locID,lib|libID |
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4 - ProQuest | sushi.proquest.com/counter/r5 | TR, DR, PR, IR | Customer ID Requester ID API key |
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