Project COUNTER released version 3 of its Code of Practice with a due date for adoption of the end of August 2009. On July 1st,we will switch from version 2 to version 3 for the ProQuest platform. COUNTER 3 compliance will now identify federated search usage and allow reporting via the SUSHI protocol.

The reporting structure will change slightly to conform with the new COUNTER standard. COUNTER 3 reporting for the CSA Illumina and Chadwyck-Healey platforms is scheduled to be available in August.