1. International Atomic Energy Agency INIS Liaison Officers Survey of the INIS Liaison Officers Elisabeth Dyck, Robert Workman INIS and Nuclear Knowledge Management Section 11th INIS/ETDE Joint Technical Committee Meeting 6-8 November 2007, Vienna, Austria

2. International Atomic Energy Agency 6-8 Nov 200711th INIS/ETDE JTC Meeting2 Qs 6 Charging for INIS Products and Services 6.1 How do you charge for INIS products & services? – 95% (71 ILOs) 6.2 Is the current charging policy affecting usage and marketing of INIS products and services? If yes, explain. – 85% (64 ILOs) 6.3 If the INIS Secretariat stopped charging for INIS products and services, would this benefit your INIS Centre? Explain – 83% (62 ILOs)

3. International Atomic Energy Agency 6-8 Nov 200711th INIS/ETDE JTC Meeting3 Qs 6.1 Charging for INIS Products and Services

4. International Atomic Energy Agency 6-8 Nov 200711th INIS/ETDE JTC Meeting4 Q 6.2 Charging Policy affects usage and marketing? Yes: 31% (23 ILOs) No: 55% (41 ILOs) If yes, why? Free access → more users; marketing “easier and more effective” Users in developing countries → difficult to pay fees Online subscription → “quite/too high” (developed countries) “commercial companies should pay” Free access → more users → more work for INIS Centres Quality of the database is an important factor!

5. International Atomic Energy Agency 6-8 Nov 200711th INIS/ETDE JTC Meeting5 Q6.3 Benefits if no charges by INIS Secretariat ? Yes: 42% (32 ILOs) -- No: 40% (31 ILOs) Positive effects on usage and marketing  “great advantage for potential users” (increased usage)  Benefits to other institutions in the nuclear area  Developing countries – due to financial constraints “freely available to educational sector in ALL developing countries” “free products more attractive – similar to open software” vs. “every product has its price”

6. International Atomic Energy Agency 6-8 Nov 200711th INIS/ETDE JTC Meeting6 Q6.3 Benefits if no charges by INIS Secretariat ? No Benefits (40%)  We already have free access (6)  We would still charge (5) “low price from NPP industry users and research institutes ”  Other comments: “cost recovery is normal” “INIS DB is quite inexpensive/costs are low” “If it helps research, academia and industry, cost should not influence usage”

7. International Atomic Energy Agency 6-8 Nov 200711th INIS/ETDE JTC Meeting7 Q6.3 Benefits if no charges by INIS Secretariat ? Not sure…  Proposal: extend free access “free subscriptions of the INIS DB on the Internet, e.g. to non-profit organizations, and organizations which contribute to our input preparation by providing full- text of non-conventional literature “ to selected, ‘very high quality’ institutes” “educational institutions”