Advancing Science, Accelerating Discovery
Walt Warnick, Ph.D.Director
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Advancing Science, Accelerating Discovery
Walt Warnick, Ph.D.Director
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information
2008 STIP Working MeetingSanta Fe, New Mexico
April 23, 2008
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Thanks to Los Alamos National Laboratory
& Santa Fe!
Thanks to special guests!
And welcome everyone
Thanks to Los Alamos National Laboratory
& Santa Fe!
Thanks to special guests!
And welcome everyone
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Making the Case for Making the Case for ScienceScience
Making the Case for Making the Case for ScienceScience
Thanks to Gloria Zamora for
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OSTI CorollaryOSTI CorollaryOSTI CorollaryOSTI Corollary
PremiseSharing knowledge (our R&D findings)advances science
CorollaryAccelerating the sharing of knowledge speeds the advancement of science (discovery)
PremiseSharing knowledge (our R&D findings)advances science
CorollaryAccelerating the sharing of knowledge speeds the advancement of science (discovery)
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“The diffusion of such knowledge should help us stimulate new enterprises, provide jobs for our returning servicemen and other workers, and make possible great strides for the improvement of the national well-being.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt, November 17, 1944
“… the lid must be lifted” on war-time science, and “the government should accept new responsibilities for
promoting the flow of new scientific knowledge….”
—Vannevar Bush, July 1945 response to FDR in Science, the Endless Frontier
http://www.nsf.gov/about/history/vbush1945.htm
Government Role RecognizedGovernment Role RecognizedSet Foundation for DOE’s STI ProgramSet Foundation for DOE’s STI Program
Government Role RecognizedGovernment Role RecognizedSet Foundation for DOE’s STI ProgramSet Foundation for DOE’s STI Program
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We are still on that frontier, deploying information technology in revolutionary ways to accelerate what President Roosevelt and Vannevar Bush called “knowledge diffusion.”
We are still on that frontier, deploying information technology in revolutionary ways to accelerate what President Roosevelt and Vannevar Bush called “knowledge diffusion.”
OSTI & STIP 60+ years OSTI & STIP 60+ years laterlater
OSTI & STIP 60+ years OSTI & STIP 60+ years laterlater
OSTI MISSIONTo advance science and sustain technological
creativity by making R&D findings available and useful to Department of Energy (DOE) researchers
and the American people
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Role in Office of ScienceRole in Office of ScienceRole in Office of ScienceRole in Office of Science
OSTI works to ensure that DOE’s OSTI works to ensure that DOE’s contributions to science are shared with a contributions to science are shared with a wide range of audiences, including the wide range of audiences, including the general public, news media, scientific and general public, news media, scientific and research communities, business/industry, research communities, business/industry, Congress, OMB, and OSTPCongress, OMB, and OSTP
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Organization ChangesOrganization ChangesOrganization ChangesOrganization Changes
New partners/ new synergy
3/31/08
Office of the Director Staff
Office of Business Policy
& OperationsAlleva
Deputy Directorfor Field Operations
Malosh
ASOLutha
AMSOBaebler
BHSOHolland
BSORichards
FSOLivengood
PNSOWeis
PSOFaul
Chicago Office
Wunderlich
Office of SSIJones
Office of LPEStreit
Deputy Directorfor Science Programs
DehmerStaff
BESKung (A)
ASCRStrayer
FESFonck
BERElwood (A)
HEPKovar (A)
NPSimon-Gillo (A)
WDTSValdez
Office of Grants & Contracts Support
Rubinstein
Office ofBudget
Klausing
Deputy Directorfor Resource Management
Alleva (A)
Office ofProject Assessment
Lehman
TJSOTuri
SSOGolan
SCIntegratedSupportCenter
OSOMoore
Oak Ridge OfficeBoyd
OSTIWarnick
SC Communications and Public Affairs
Peter Lincoln
Information SystemsKaren Spence
Program IntegrationSharon Jordan
Administration and Information Services
Brian Hitson
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New ResponsibilitiesNew ResponsibilitiesNew ResponsibilitiesNew Responsibilities
SC Communications and Public Affairs SC Headquarters, Labs, and Field Offices communications SC Web page management E.O. Lawrence, Fermi, and PECASE awards National Science Bowl promotion/publicity Other efforts to promote SC contributions to science
Searchable Field Work Proposals (FWP) Management tool to search, evaluate, and monitor FWPs DOE R&D Tracking
New partners/ new synergy
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Making R&D AccessibleMaking R&D AccessibleMaking R&D AccessibleMaking R&D Accessible
Accelerating the spread of knowledge inspires everything we do at OSTI Making DOE’s discoveries more broadly known Diffusing knowledge generated by labs to further
the advancement of science and technology Specifically, OSTI aggressively pursues
efficient access to expanded sources of R&D information
Innovative tools, such as the DOE Science Accelerator, Science.gov and WorldWideScience.org, and the technology behind them, federated deep Web searching, are key initiatives
Multiplier factor
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Most Science Info Is in the Deep WebMost Science Info Is in the Deep Web
Federated SearchFederated SearchFederated SearchFederated Search
Deep Web databases
Surface WebFederated search drills down to the deep Web where scientific databases reside
We need systems, such as federated search, that probe the deep Web
Unlike the Google solution, federated search places no burden on the database owners
Useful when full bibliographical control is not feasible
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OSTI on the Right TrackOSTI on the Right TrackOSTI on the Right TrackOSTI on the Right Track
OMB Watch OSTI one of five federal government Web sites
recognized as “on the right track” by OMB Watch, a nonprofit government watchdog organization located in Washington, DC.
The report, Hiding in Plain Sight: Why Important Government Information Cannot Be Found through Commercial Search Engines, was released December 11 and spotlights the gap in accessibility of government information
http://www.ombwatch.org/info/searchability.pdfhttp://www.ombwatch.org/info/searchability.pdf
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OSTI on the Right TrackOSTI on the Right TrackOSTI on the Right TrackOSTI on the Right Track
Sitemap Protocol Google’s J.L. Needham cited OSTI as an example
of a government Web site that increased citizen access to government information by incorporating Google’s sitemap protocol: "the Department of Energy’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information operates a large database that makes research and development findings available to the public. OSTI developed a Sitemap for its Energy Citations and Information Bridge services in just 12 hours, opening up 2.3 million bibliographic records and full-text documents to crawling by search engines. After its implementation of Sitemaps, OSTI saw a dramatic increase in traffic to its services..."
OSTI the first “.gov” to implement sitemap protocol
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OSTI on the Right TrackOSTI on the Right TrackOSTI on the Right TrackOSTI on the Right Track
Leveraging technology (e.g. federated search) vs. invoking prescribed standards
FY 2007 Report to Congress on Implementation of The E-Government Act of 2002 (Science.gov again recognized) “Science.gov provides search capability across 30 Federal
agency R&D databases and provides links to science websites and scientific databases so citizens can access the results of Federal research. In FY 2007 Science.gov experienced 6.5 million search queries across all its scientific databases and 2.6 million page views of its website.”
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50 million pages of federal science information from 13 U.S. science agencies
Key DOE databases, including technical reports, e-prints, accomplishments, patents, project summaries, software and more from DOE labs, grantees & other facilities
Our most recent federated search engine is WorldWideScience.org – the global science gatewayNEW!
NEW!
Federated Search ToolsFederated Search ToolsFederated Search ToolsFederated Search Tools
V. 5.0 Coming Soon!
Alliance Election Complete!
Celebrating 5th Anniversary!
Celebrating 1st Anniversary!
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SES
Not to Scale
WorldWideScience.orgGlobal science
USA science
DOE scienceScience Accelerator
Science.gov
STI Provided by DOE STI Provided by DOE SitesSites
STI Provided by DOE STI Provided by DOE SitesSites
These tools search
databaseswhere DOE
STI is located as well as STI of interest to
DOE
We are diffusing the knowledge generated by our STI partners through “regular” channels to NTIS & GPO and through federated search to broad audiences everywhere!
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A federation of the leading science portals of authoritative science information, searchable via one query
A quantity of science searched comparable to that searchable via Google, with the bulk of the science being non-Googleable
A contrast to content searched by Google – tends to be scholarly
A breakthrough in content enabled by breakthrough technology
Federated Search ToolsFederated Search ToolsFederated Search ToolsFederated Search Tools
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Enables access to prominent as well as smaller, less well-known sources of highly valuable science
WorldWideScience.org was launched in June 2007 and now searches 32 portals from 44 countries
More than 200 million pages
from every inhabited continent!
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Innovations in the Innovations in the WorksWorks
Innovations in the Innovations in the WorksWorks
Domain recognition Grade-level stratification Multi-lingual translations Spell check
Domain recognition Grade-level stratification Multi-lingual translations Spell check
SBIR-generated capabilities
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Digitization InitiativeDigitization InitiativeDigitization InitiativeDigitization Initiative
Completed digitization of technical reports issued during 1991 to 1994
Seeking a solution to digitize the entire legacy collection – 900K+ documents
Recognizing limitations of in-house scanning Thinking outside the box – “no cost” contract Issued Expression of Interest, Summer 2007 Currently in negotiations (slow progress)
Completed digitization of technical reports issued during 1991 to 1994
Seeking a solution to digitize the entire legacy collection – 900K+ documents
Recognizing limitations of in-house scanning Thinking outside the box – “no cost” contract Issued Expression of Interest, Summer 2007 Currently in negotiations (slow progress)
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Science Education Science Education PortalPortal
Search across all DOE resources with one Search across all DOE resources with one query to improve K-16 science education query to improve K-16 science education programs and spark interest in scientific, programs and spark interest in scientific, engineering, and math-related engineering, and math-related career fieldscareer fields
Supports the America COMPETES Act
www.scienceeducation.gov in www.scienceeducation.gov in the works!the works!
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Web 2.0 at OSTIWeb 2.0 at OSTIWeb 2.0 at OSTIWeb 2.0 at OSTI
Web 2.0 Beginnings Wiki Blog Widgets
Web 2.0 Beginnings Wiki Blog Widgets
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Invitation to Comment & Post Three Threads
Personal Perspectives Products & Content Technology
www.osti.gov/blog
The OSTIblog provides an opportunity for OSTI to better inform the public and for the public to better inform OSTI
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Onward!Onward!Onward!Onward!
STIP meeting agenda is full of great topics & presentations
We’ll learn from each other and Invigorate our ideas & path
forward