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In this February 21, 2019 webinar, presenters highlighted key points in the development of the COUNTER Code of Practice Release 5, touching on the development of the new release, introduction of new metric types and a deep dive into the new reports. Step-by-step instructions of these new reports were presented to the audience along with common use cases and scenarios.

Studies have found significant gaps in graduate students’ research and technology-related skills. This article shares findings from a University of Tennessee review of library services and resources for graduate students listed on 25 library websites. Learn more about what they discovered and their recommendations for improving website usability.

With the ScienceDirect KBART API, librarians gain automated access to their holdings, the range of full text content they can access, and automatic retrieval of the information by the systems they use. This API has helped inform an upcoming NISO Recommended Practice that will focus on automating the request and retrieval of KBART reports for title lists and library holdings.

The University of Florida Georga A. Smathers Libraries team was presented with the first annual Elsevier Karen Hunter Memorial Award during the recent 2018 ALA Mid-Winter Meeting. The award recognizes their work on a three-year project that demonstrates collaboration between academic libraries and publishers to create interoperable information systems that benefit organizations.