1. www..org Accessing OECD publications has never been easier James Kitchen IASSIST/IFDO 2001 Amsterdam

2. Background Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Founded 1961 30 Member Countries Publisher of: –200 Books –25 Periodical Titles –90 million Statistics

3. Situation in late 1990’s Declining sales volume and revenue –Increased competition –Speed/reliability of delivery Partial solutions –OECD Direct –Online Bookshop How to stop the rot and grow the business?

4. Links to Periodicals and Statistics User Tools including Quick Search Latest Periodical link Link to subject Themes News and Features Current Users - SourceOECD Portal

5. Title and Publisher Author and Date of Publication New Users - Research Databases Abstract

6. EBSCO Online Infotrieve Information Express Maruzen Minerva M/e/o/s OCLC (Kinokuniya) Rowe.com’s K-store SwetsnetNavigator Visibility Network - Other Channels

7. Click to go to Statistics Channel SourceOECD Home Page

8. Click on Statistics title or theme Details about recently updates and free statistics SourceOECD/ Statistics Home Page

9. List of databases within subject area All Database names appear

10. List of tables within database Details brings up abstract and bibliographic information ‘Tables’ provides full list of contents

11. Abstract details Full table title and last update date Data Availability to make data extraction from latest available data ‘Details’ gives full information about table

12. ‘Beyond 20/20’ software launched ‘Dimension’/ category names Selection variables ‘Notes’ icon denotes availability of metadata

13. Table created from the latest available data ‘View Report’ produces following results View Chart

14. Graph format available

15. Future Developments Chapter/article Pay per view Inclusion of free data available Advanced Linking

16. Conclusion Positive market reaction Successful public/private partnership Increased visibility for OECD –Usage statistics –Greater accountability SourceOECD “…the beginning of a new trend in the dissemination of IGO publications.”