Hi Eric,
Proxy logs will give you identifiable information. I recommend ezPAARSE
<https://github.com/ezpaarse-project/ezpaarse>, though it's been some time
since I played around with it. There might be something better now.
OCLC has a paid product, EZproxy Analytics
<https://www.oclc.org/en/ezproxy/ezproxy-analytics.html>.
Best,
*Thomas Scharff*
<https://library.wheatoncollege.edu/prf.php?account_id=205579> (he/him/his)
*Director of Discovery & Access*
Madeleine Clark Wallace Library <https://library.wheatoncollege.edu>, 125
Wheaton College <https://wheatoncollege.edu>
26 E. Main Street, Norton, MA 02766 <https://goo.gl/maps/d5JvoKZUEXy>
(508) 286-5601 <+15082865601>
On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 2:31 PM Eric Lease Morgan <
00000107b9c961ae-dmarc-request_at_lists.clir.org> wrote:
> On Mar 13, 2026, at 6:51 PM, Eric Lease Morgan <emorgan_at_nd.edu> wrote:
>
> > How is your library collecting COUNTER reports and making decisions
> against them?...
>
>
> To everybody who sent me examples of how COUNTER reports are being used in
> your work places, "Thank you!" If there is anybody else who would like to
> chime in, then please don't hesitate to do so.
>
> On a similar but different note, how does one go about learning who is
> using the things being "COUNTed"? And even if COUNTER reports do not point
> to individuals, then how do you learn the characteristics of the people
> using your (our) very expensive subscription services? For example, do a
> handful of people dominate the use of a given resource? To what degree do
> humanities folks regularly use engineering things and vice versa? To what
> degree is a given resource used almost exclusively by undergraduates, while
> that resource used only by faculty. Etc.
>
> In short, how does one go about learning who or the characteristics of who
> is using our subscriptions?
>
> --
> Eric Morgan <emorgan_at_nd.edu>
>
Received on Mon Mar 23 2026 - 15:41:30 EDT