ETDE – A Catalyst for Energy Technology Breakthroughs: Bringing the Researcher Closer to Research Lisbon, Portugal 5 July 2007 Brian A. Hitson Chair, IEA Energy Technology Data Exchange (U.S. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
Jan 18, 2016
ETDE – A Catalyst for Energy Technology Breakthroughs:
Bringing the Researcher Closer to Research
Lisbon, Portugal
5 July 2007
Brian A. Hitson
Chair, IEA Energy Technology Data Exchange
(U.S. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
Isaac Newton expressed this thought most eloquently in 1676,
when he wrote:
“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
Advances in energy technology depend on the diffusion of
knowledge
Sequential diffusion may take months to years!
A B C
A New Era of InnovationAccelerating the sharing of knowledge means
science progresses faster, compressing decades to years, years to months, and
months to days.
Pre-ETDE “A Bilateral World”
Inefficient CostlyDuplicativ
e
ETDE Model – Multilateral Cooperation:
Common
Database
• Efficient
• Comprehensive
• Original “One Stop” Concept
Commercial information vendors
- Sole Access Channel
1987
Bib records, non-electronic full text
Technical Evolution of the ETDE Model1999 2003
Increasing amounts of electronic
full-text
2004 2005 2006
ETDE’s Strategic Evolution – A History of
Partnering/Collaboration INIS
Support to G8 Developing Country Goals
IEA NEET Initiative – “Plus 5” Countries
European Commission Support
Other IEA Cooperation
Clean Coal Centre
IEA publications
Brazil
China
India
Mexico
South Africa
Current and Future Information Landscape – Challenges and
Solutions Challenges
The “Google” Perception – Everything is “there”
Reality of surface web versus deep web
“Members Only” Access
Economics of producing bibliographic records
Proliferation of distributed portals – maintaining an identity
Multiplicity of languages
Solutions Balance strategic partnerships and
strategic individualism Maintain a niche – specialty Search and be searched – but require
attribution
Current and Future Information Landscape – Challenges and Solutions
Continued
Solutions Adopt technology to overcome usage limitations
• Automated user authentication tools• Sophisticated “on the fly” translations tools
Continually strive to bring researchers closer to research
• Integrate numeric data access into full text• Accommodate video and audio• Integrate resources into “collaboratories”
Current and Future Information Landscape – Challenges and Solutions
Continued
Conclusion
Contact:Brian Hitson, Chair
Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDE)
[email protected]+1-865-576-1199
ETDE Contributes to Breakthroughs
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Energy Technology