Purpose Librarians need to measure returns on the investments that they make, and for digital content, the COUNTER Code of Practice for usage statistics is an important metric. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This paper is a viewpoint. Findings Release 5 of the Code of Practice has been developed to make it easier for publishers to be compliant. It can be adapted and extended as digital publishing changes over the years. Originality/value Release 5 consists of four master reports, a reduced number of metrics and additional attributes. These will enable librarians to roll up or drill down through reports with ease, eliminating the need for the kinds of special-purpose reports required previously.

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柜台：《业务守则》第5版

目的图书馆员需要衡量他们所做投资的回报，对于数字内容，使用统计的COUNTER业务守则是一项重要指标。本文旨在讨论这些问题。设计/方法/方法本文是一个观点。已经开发了《实践准则》的调查结果第5版，以使发布者更容易遵守。多年来，随着数字出版的变化，可以对其进行调整和扩展。创意/价值第5版包含四个主报告，数量减少的指标和其他属性。这些将使图书馆员可以轻松地向上或向下浏览报告，而无需使用以前需要的各种特殊用途的报告。