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International Organization Information / Research: 2004 (Part #5)

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• Hardcopy: As indicated in the previous report, concerns remain regarding the coverage of this publication (due to the proliferation of information on the web) and the ability to process the available information (especially from the web) with the editorial resources available. Interaction between Yearbook and Calendar staff remains high as information is shared back and forth, increasingly with regard to information concerning web resources on NGOs. As a means of ensuring economies in 2005 and thereafter, it was decided to cease UIA production and distribution of the hardcopy version – except as an offprint from electronic pages generated from the new online version. (NB in contrast to the Yearbook, it is not distributed by SAUR)
• Online: As previously indicated, the online version had not previously been activated under subscription because of a combination of technical problems (notably the challenge of closer integration of the Calendar data with the distinct format of Yearbook data on events identified in organization profiles) and the unsatisfactory nature of the business model to ensure its viability. There is an active demand for this facility and it therefore represents a useful source of future revenue. It is planned to be activated, in some form, in time for the October 2004 Associate Members meeting. It will continue to be a service independent of the contract with SAUR covering Yearbook Online – although users with subscriptions to both services can move freely between them in the integrated database (See further discussion below)