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OECD iLibrary is the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s online library for Books, Papers and Statistics and the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data. As well as it's own publications it contains all the publications and datasets released by the International Energy Agency (IEA), Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), OECD Development Centre, Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), and International Transport Forum (ITF). The agreement also includes the Commonwealth iLibrary.
Agreement start date: 1 February 2016
Agreement end date: 31 January 2019
Agreement invoice date: For the subsequent years, Institutions will be invoiced on 1 November 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Site licence
This Agreement is of 3 years duration. Institutions may join the agreement at any time during the agreement period. They will then be committed to the end of the Agreement Period unless they give appropriate notice to cancel.
Notice to cancel must be received by 30 October 2017 or 30 October 2018.
For a 30 day free trial of this service please contact Chest Help.
Universities, colleges and other learning, educational and research bodies in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
Other organisations aligned with Eduserv’s charitable objectives of supporting education, research bodies and the public sector may ask to participate in the Agreement. Eduserv will liaise with the Supplier about any such requests.
This is the second renewal of the successful agreement which commenced in February 2010. The renewal overlaps with the previous agreement to allow new subscribing sites to participate beyond the expiry of the previous agreement.
Owner: OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), in partnership with Wize Nordic AB. OECD is anintergovernmental institution having its headquarters at 2 rue André Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France.
Service Provider: Wize Nordic AB is a companyincorporated in Sweden having its headquarters at Kungsgatan 44, S-111 35 Stockholm, Sweden
The OECD iLibrary
The OECD iLibrary contains all the publications and datasets released by:
Since 1998 - over 1,200 journal issues, 3,300 working papers, 2,900 multi-lingual summaries, 7,700 e-book titles, 16,000 tables and graphs, 25,000 chapters and articles, and 480 complete databases with more than 4.5 billion data points. These online services include access to:
OECD iLibrary can be bundled with the traditional print versions or purchased separately as online-only products. OECD iLibrary includes:
The Commonwealth iLibrary
The Commonwealth Secretariat’s publications are a key part of the organisation’s mission to work as a trusted partner for all Commonwealth people as a force for peace, democracy, equality and good governance; a catalyst for global consensus-building; and a source of assistance for sustainable development and poverty eradication.
Each year, The Commonwealth publishes around 30 new titles on a range of topics in which it has particular insight and expertise, especially concerning small states, including;
For the first time, these publications are now available online in a single research repository, The Commonwealth iLibrary. Titles are organised by series, year and alphabetically, and search and discovery of complete publications or even their components – articles and chapters – is a click away.
Content items (May 2015)
OpenAthens |
No |
Shibboleth |
Yes |
IP address range |
Yes |
Username / Password |
Yes |
The supplier confirms that throughout the term of the agreement the products will comply with the standards indicated.
Technical Function |
Standard |
Compliance |
Supplier Notes |
Full Text Linking |
No |
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Federated Searching |
No |
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Search & retrieve SRW/SRU |
No |
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Harvesting |
Metadata OAI-PMH |
No |
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No |
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No |
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Metadata Standards |
Yes |
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No |
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Embargo Periods |
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Yes, No, N/A |
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Digital Preservation |
No |
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No |
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No |
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Usage Statistics |
Yes |
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No |
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Yes, No, N/A |
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Accessibility |
Yes |
Complies with v2.0 |
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Personalisation features |
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Yes, No, N/A |
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Service Levels |
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Yes |
New content is added daily.
All additions and new functionality will be incorporated at no additional charge.
For a 30 day free trial of this service please contact Chest Help.
Support will be provided by Wize Nordic via a single contact or his/her deputy at each Institution. Wize Nordic support can be contacted at
Comprehensive help files are included here OECD iLibrary Help.
A tour of OECD material is located here www.oecd.org/publishing/iLibrary and Commonwealth ilibrary
All queries about training should be directed to Wize Nordic:
Dan Ahlskog
Wize Nordic
OECD iLibrary customer service & information - UK and Ireland
Tel: +46 (0) 850 10 31 93
Mobile: +46 (0) 768 94 89 29
Email: Dan.Ahlskog@wizenordic.com
The Chest Order, together with the Licence Terms and Conditions, and any exceptions listed below, create a legally binding contract between your institution, organisation or company and the Licensor. Therefore please read the terms and conditions carefully and only submit a Chest Order if its terms and conditions are acceptable to your institution, organisation or company and you have the authority to make the financial commitment shown.
This Site licence is subject to the terms and conditions for the Standard Chest Licence for Online Resources except that clause 10.4 has been amended. The amendment is shown at the bottom of this page.
Keep a local cached copy for Educational Purposes |
No |
Incorporation of parts of the Licensed Material |
Yes |
Deposit learning and teaching objects in repositories |
Yes |
Interlibrary loan |
Yes |
User |
On site |
Remote access |
Students |
Yes |
Yes |
Staff |
Yes |
Yes |
Walk-in users |
Yes |
Yes |
Alumni members |
Yes |
Yes |
The resources can be used for Educational Purposes – defined as:
Exclusions:
The Fee for early termination in accordance with clause 10.4 of the Terms and Conditions for the Standard Chest Licence for Online Resources is nil.
The Fee for retention rights upon termination in accordance with clause 10.5 of the Terms and Conditions for the Standard Chest Licence for Online Resources is nil.
Post termination copies of parts of the Licensed Material already made and/or used by the Licensee or Authorised Users in accordance with clause 2.2 may be retained and used in accordance with the terms of this Licence Agreement – see Licence Term 10.5
Once the Agreement has terminated then no further access to the service and to future publications will be possible unless the Agreement is renewed or extended.
If the Agreement is renewed or extended then new conditions will apply. If the Agreement is not renewed then renewal is a matter between Institutions and OECD.
Institutions have the right to opt out of the agreement each year by giving notice on or before 1 November to cancel with effective from 31 January the following year.
Personal licences are not available under this Agreement.
Please note that clause 10.4 has been amended for this Agreement. The written notice period is now 120 days, and not 60. Therefore, written notice of early termination should be served on or shortly around the 1 October prior to the subsequent term end date of 31 January.
All prices are in GBP and exclude VAT.
Price for UK HE and FE is based on JISC Bands.
Those organisations without a JISC Band accepted by OECD will be banded on application to Chest Help.
Payment terms are shown at the bottom of the page.
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