How do I calculate the numbers for 60 Column B, 61 and 62?
- For 60 Column B, report the following:
  • BR1 (book title requests)
  • plus MR1 (multimedia content unit requests - the standard multimedia COUNTER report)
  • plus BR2 (book chapter requests) for book platforms where you did not report BR1 data ( see special case below for Ebook Central)
  • plus MR2 (multimedia content requests - an optional COUNTER report) for media platforms where you did not report MR1 data
  • plus non-COUNTER data for book or media platforms where you did not report any of the above COUNTER data
  Expressed as a formula: (BR1 or BR2) + (MR1 or MR2) + non-COUNTER usage for each provider, choosing BR1 or MR1 when providers have both formats available and COUNTER reports over non-COUNTER if both are available.
  For 61 and 62, report the following:
  • 61: BR1 + MR1
  • 62: BR2 + MR2 for platforms where you did not report BR1 or MR1 data
Do I use BR1 or BR2 for Ebook Central? Why are the numbers so different in these two reports?
- Recommendation: Use both for Ebook Central because they don't overlap
- From Ebook Central SUSHI and COUNTER Report Help Guide
  - Book Report 1: Number of successful title requests by month and title
    - (To be provided only when an entire book is provided as a single file; other uses contained in Book Report 2)
    - ProQuest Ebook Central BR1 report counts full Title downloads. A 30 second time filter is applied to the
      counts. This filter counts all full Title downloads by the same patron for the same title occurring within 30
      seconds to be counted as 1 request.
  - Book Report 2: Number of Successful Section Requests by Month and Title
    - When the reader is used for browsing behavior outside of full Title downloads, those page views are counted in
      BR2 as section requests. Section requests incude:
      - Page views (browsing under "Read Online")
      - Chapter Download
      - Copy
      - Print to PDF (section, not full Title)