FW: OECD Publishing announces price freeze for 2010

["Laura Cox" <laura.cox@frontlinegms.com>]

Paris, France, 20 May 2009. The economic downturn is impacting 
library budgets and as the 2010 renewal season approaches, to 
assist libraries in maintaining their subscriptions, OECD 
Publishing has frozen prices for 2010.

This applies to the full range of SourceOECD products, as well as 
OECD Journals and Statistical Databases, irrespective of format - 
online-only or online-and-archive (print/CD/DVD).

This price freeze comes at a time when OECD Publishing is 
continuing to invest significantly in improved services for 
librarians and end-users.

Later in 2009, OECD Publishing will roll out a brand new 
e-publishing platform for books, working papers and periodicals, 
called OECD iLibrary.  This new service will deliver a wide range 
of improvements, as well as integrate OECD.Stat, the 
new-generation database platform which has transformed access to 
OECD's statistical data.

OECD is committed to continuous improvement of its online 
publishing systems. At the same time, it is essential that 
libraries are able to maintain the level of service that they 
provide to their patrons and this is why, during these critical 
times, OECD Publishing has decided to freeze its prices for 2010.

The price freeze will apply to all Euro, US Dollar and Yen 
prices, but 2010 will necessarily reflect the fall in the value 
of Sterling, given that the Euro is the currency in which OECD 
costs are incurred. In order to alleviate the financial pressure, 
the OECD will absorb half of this exchange-rate impact and ask UK 
customers to cover the other half via a 15% price increase.

About OECD
OECD (www.oecd.org <http://www.oecd.org/> ) brings together 
governments committed to democracy and the market economy from 
around the world to support sustainable economic growth, raise 
living standards, maintain financial stability and assist other 
countries' economic development. OECD Publishing 
(www.oecd.org/publishing) is one of the world's largest 
publishers in the fields of economics and public policy. OECD 
Publishing disseminates OECD's intellectual output, both 
analytical and statistical.

For more information on OECD Publishing and OECD 2010 prices, 
please
contact:

Francois Barnaud
Head of Marketing
OECD Publishing
francois.barnaud@oecd.org