ETEC Meeting December 7, 2007
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ETEC MeetingDecember 7, 2007
Dr. Walter L. WarnickDirector
DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information
OSTI—Advancing Science Accelerating
Discovery
OSTI—Advancing Science Accelerating
Discovery
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ETEC – United by geography ETEC – United by geography
OSTIOSTI
United by a vision to“grow science and technology”
ORO
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ETEC – United by mission ETEC – United by mission
OSTI manages a program within the Department of Energy
Oak Ridge SC Offices
ORO OSTI
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OSTI – Born as the DOE Central File
OSTI – Born as the DOE Central File
The scientific and technical legacy of the Department of Energy and its predecessor agencies is captured within the OSTI building – whether in paper,
microfiche, or bits. … And the overwhelming majority of it is entirely open.
—Dr. Jeffrey Salmon, Associate Under Secretary of Science
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• 4 million + electronic DOE-produced R&D records dating to 1940s
Stewardship of:
•1 million + hard-copy documents representing DOE’s 60-year legacy
• 100s of millions of pages of electronic, global science information access
1 Science.gov Way1 Science.gov Way
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OSTI’s MissionOSTI’s Mission
To advance science and sustain technological creativity by making
R&D findings available and useful to DOE
researchers and the American people
1947—2007
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R&D flows through OSTI
to public
R&D flows through OSTI
to public
Scientific&Technical Information
Technical reports (~150,000 full text)
E-prints (~1.1 million and growing!)
Science conference proceedings
Project summaries (DOE and Federal)
Citations to journal literature
Patent records (~20,000 from 1940s to current)
Accomplishments
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The results of hundreds of billions of dollars worth of United States’ research and development activities flow through OSTI to the public for reuse and further discovery
OSTI’s Mission: Who Benefits?
OSTI’s Mission: Who Benefits?
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Science Progresses as Knowledge Is Shared
Science Progresses as Knowledge Is Shared
OSTI Corollary:
If the sharing of knowledge is accelerated,
then discovery is accelerated
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We can accelerate the sharing of knowledge …
We can accelerate the sharing of knowledge …
But first we must dispel the misperception
that popular search engines are already doing the job
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Much of Science Is Non-Googleable
Much of Science Is Non-Googleable
We in the information business recognize this gap between availability and need, and seize the
opportunity to …
Provide science information consumers with better tools
In fact, the vast majority of science information is in databases within the deep Web – or the non-Googleable Web – where popular search engines cannot go
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OSTI has recognized this need; our emerging solution is “federated” search
Innovation in science demands innovation in sharing science knowledge
Federated SearchFederated Search
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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
Federated Search: Emerging Technology Pioneered by OSTI
Federated Search: Emerging Technology Pioneered by OSTI
Federated search places no burden on database owners
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USA.gov’s portal for scienceResources represent 97 percent
of the federal R&D budget!
Interface similar to Google Under the hood, NOT like Google
Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, the Interior, Environmental Protection Agency, Library of Congress, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, United States Government Printing Office, and the National Archives and Records Administration
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WorldWideScience.org makes the best science information from 17 countries act as if they were an integrated tool, all searchable via a single query.
The U.S. contribution to WorldWideScience.org is Science.gov
Enables access to prominent as well as smaller, less well-knownsources of highly valuable science
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Federated SearchFederated Search
In January 2007, Dr. Raymond Orbach, Under Secretary for Science, and Lynne Brindley, Chief Executive of the British Library signed a Statement of Intent to partner in the development of a searchable global science gateway.
International partnership kicks off global science gateway allowing users to search multiple sources via a single query
The gateway to “hidden” science resources from every inhabited continent!
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Who has benefited? The DOE community, the interagency community, the international community, the education and business communities, researchers everywhere – and the
science-attentive public at large.
OSTI’s Mission: Who Benefits?
OSTI’s Mission: Who Benefits?
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A Key Piece of Science Discovery
A Key Piece of Science Discovery
Discovery
Research
Facilities
High Performance Computing Scientists
Information
Information feeds discovery
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What if the “information connection” between
scientists and discovery were missing?
Discovery
Research
Facilities
High Performance
ComputingScientists
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OSTI disseminates DOE’s R&D information at the lowest cost of all federal science agencies – making it a “best buy.”
The NIH, a benchmark agency in research and the production of scientific literature, spends roughly 30 times more than DOE on getting its R&D message out.
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2007 Milestones2007 Milestones illuminating information increasing access advancing science
Feb. – Science.gov 4.0
Sept. – DOepatentsApril – DOE Science Accelerator
June – WorldWideScience.org
We’ve made non-Googleable information from every inhabited continent searchable,
a feat Dr. Raymond Orbach called “magic”
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Search key DOE databases
Search 50 million pages of science from 13 federal science agencies
Search 200 million pages of science from databases of every inhabited continent
These Gateways Search Non-Googleable ScienceThese Gateways Search Non-Googleable Science
Federated Search Gateways
Agency level
Interagency level
International level
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Advancing discovery touches every life on earth, and has produced improvement in the human condition, heretofore unimaginable. Each of our organizations plays our own roles in the mission to advance science and technology.
In short: OSTI Empowers Cyber-enabled
Discovery & Innovation
In short: OSTI Empowers Cyber-enabled
Discovery & Innovation
Which accelerates the advancement of discovery
We accelerate retrieval of deep Web science info
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But there is more to be done: Web is only a teenager
But there is more to be done: Web is only a teenager
Ford’s beginnings Model A – 1903 13 years later –
1916
To draw an analogy, let’s look at another transformational technology
…
This was amazing progress for Henry Ford, but from our perspective …
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Information fuels discovery
1975 Luxury T-Bird
1928 Model AThere were still decades upon decades of progress to come
There were still decades upon decades of progress to come
1994 New “global family mid-size”
1950 convertible
1960 Sun Star
1937 Coupe
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Innovation must continue
Today’s Ford TaurusToday’s Ford Taurus
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However we may seek advantage for our own individual organizations,
we must work together for progress and the benefits to humanity.
One day, our grandchildren, when they look back on us, should truly say that we not only
continued the pace of progress, but we accelerated it
and cast its benefits further than those who came before us.
It is up to us hereIt is up to us here
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