1. 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 Meeting Santa Fe, New Mexico April 23, 2008

2. 2 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

3. 3 Making the Case for Science Thanks to Gloria Zamora for

4. 4 OSTI Corollary Premise Sharing knowledge (our R&D findings) advances science Corollary Accelerating the sharing of knowledge speeds the advancement of science (discovery) Premise Sharing knowledge (our R&D findings) advances science Corollary Accelerating the sharing of knowledge speeds the advancement of science (discovery)

5. 5 “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 Recognized Set Foundation for DOE’s STI Program

6. 6 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 later OSTI MISSION To advance science and sustain technological creativity by making R&D findings available and useful to Department of Energy (DOE) researchers and the American people

7. 7 Role in Office of Science OSTI works to ensure that DOE’s contributions to science are shared with a wide range of audiences, including the general public, news media, scientific and research communities, business/industry, Congress, OMB, and OSTP

8. 8 Organization Changes New partners/ new synergy 3/31/08 Office of the Director Staff Office of Business Policy & Operations Alleva Deputy Director for Field Operations Malosh ASO Lutha AMSO Baebler BHSO Holland BSO Richards FSO Livengood PNSO Weis PSO Faul Chicago Office Wunderlich Office of SSI Jones Office of LPE Streit Deputy Director for Science Programs Dehmer Staff BES Kung (A) ASCR Strayer FES Fonck BER Elwood (A) HEP Kovar (A) NP Simon-Gillo (A) WDTS Valdez Office of Grants & Contracts Support Rubinstein Office of Budget Klausing Deputy Director for Resource Management Alleva (A) Office of Project Assessment Lehman TJSO Turi SSO Golan SC Integrated Support Center OSO Moore Oak Ridge Office Boyd OSTI Warnick SC Communications and Public Affairs Peter Lincoln Information Systems Karen Spence Program Integration Sharon Jordan Administration and Information Services Brian Hitson

9. 9 New 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

10. 10 Making 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

11. 11 Most Science Info Is in the Deep Web Federated Search Deep Web databases Surface Web Federated 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

12. 12 OSTI 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.pdf

13. 13 OSTI 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

14. 14 OSTI 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.”

15. 15 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 gateway NEW! Federated Search Tools V. 5.0 Coming Soon! Alliance Election Complete! Celebrating 5 th Anniversary! Celebrating 1 st Anniversary!

16. 16 DATABASES Not to Scale WorldWideScience.org Global science USA science DOE science Science Accelerator Science.gov STI Provided by DOE Sites These tools search databases where 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!

17. 17  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 Tools

18. 18 WorldWideScience.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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20. 20 Innovations in the Works Domain recognition Grade-level stratification Multi-lingual translations Spell check Domain recognition Grade-level stratification Multi-lingual translations Spell check SBIR-generated capabilities

21. 21 Digitization 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)

22. 22 Science Education Portal Search across all DOE resources with one query to improve K-16 science education programs and spark interest in scientific, engineering, and math-related career fields Supports the America COMPETES Act www.scienceeducation.gov in the works!

23. 23 Web 2.0 at OSTI Web 2.0 Beginnings Wiki Blog Widgets Web 2.0 Beginnings Wiki Blog Widgets

24. 24 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

25. 25 Onward!Onward! STIP meeting agenda is full of great topics & presentations We’ll learn from each other and Invigorate our ideas & path forward