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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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

18WorldWideScience.org allows users to search multiple data sources around the globe from a single query search box

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