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NTIS Focus on Science, Data and Access:

Building Community through Value-Added Databases

June 11, 2013

Wayne Strickland

National Technical Information Service

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NTIS Mission

To promote progress (Technology Transfer) by serving as the Federal Government’s central means of making science (all federally funded science research) and technical information perpetually and widely available (greater availability means more open access).

“Maintain a permanent archival repository and clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination of nonclassified scientific, technical, and engineering information.” (Guidelines for Federal Agency Repositories)

15 USC 3710(d)(3)

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Vision

Ensure easy and perpetual availability of the most comprehensive collection of Federally-funded scientific, technical and engineering information (STEI) in support of the nation’s economic growth and opportunity.

Assist other federal agencies in accomplishing the information needs of their constituencies with repository development support.

Provide this public good at a high level of quality and on a self-sustaining basis.

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1964 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020

Federal Science Repository Service (FSRS)

Website Access Limited: Metadata Only

Database Licensing: Metadata Only

Electronic Access:

CD ROM

National Technical Reports Library (NTRL)

NTIS Access - Technical Reports Timeline

Tangibles: Paper, Microfiche

Website Access Expanded: Metadata & Full Collection

Selected Research Service (SRS)

1964 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020


Website Access Limited: Metadata Only

Database Licensing: Metadata Only

Electronic Access:

CD ROM

National Technical Reports Library (NTRL)

NTIS Access - Technical Reports Timeline

Tangibles: Paper, Microfiche

Website Access Expanded: Metadata & Full Collection

Selected Research Service (SRS)



S&T Repository Landscape: 10 Years Ago

• Who?• Large agencies who “do” science• Overarching aggregators such as NTIS and GPO• Collectors, such as the federal and corporate

libraries• What?

• Focused on agency output or mission • Mixture of metadata and access to full text• Often discriminated by format or document type

– data in data centers, technical reports in information centers

• Little connection between the various types of content

• Science.gov provides federated search across multiple public repositories



Then Came Open Access

• Directive from OMB in February 2013• Establishes open public access as the default for

government data• Defines data broadly• Includes commercially published literature

funded by the government• Requires agency plans by August 2013• Ultimately includes the full information life cycle

• Followed by additional memo in May 2013• Treats government information as a public asset• Data must be human and computer usable• No proprietary formats - XML is the most likely

approach


OperatingUnit Project Status

Estimated / Actual

CompletionNTIS Making Five Years of Bibliographic Data

Searchable (Data.gov)Released Jan. 2010

Regular Updates

NTIS National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) •Online access to an electronic library of over 2 million bibliographic records (dating from 1964)•Links to over 700,000 corresponding full-text reports•Coverage from the late 1890’s to present (most reports date from the 1970’s to present.) •Search engine capabilities: content upgrades

Release 1, 2009Release 2,2011Release 3, 2012Release 3.1, 2013

Content continuously added; software upgrades periodically

NTIS Federal Science Repository Service (FSRS)

The FSRS is based on open-source approaches, is durable against technological changes, and is flexible enough to support broad and varied uses, increasing access to the Federal Government’s data and information. Storage and preservation of diverse

resources Ingestion of distributed content Access control customized to agency

requirements A robust interface with advanced

metadata and full text search, filtering, and full-text and media display

Launched 2011

-NOAA Deep Water Horizon 2012

-ISTIR- Iraq2013

Federal Projects in Development

Continuing “DATA.GOV” Support - NTIS Initiatives for Improving Open Government Efforts

National Technical Reports Library Newsletter

Purpose: To bring you a sampling of the latest documents added to the NTIS Database and to help you gain a greater understanding of the wealth of sci-tech information available from the National Technical Information Service.

Director: Bruce Borzino Associate Director for Product Management & Acquisition: Don Hagen Manager, Cataloging/Indexing Division: Sue Feindt Manager, Product & Program Management: Wayne Strickland Contributing Program Manager: Christie Langone Technical Information Specialist: Greg Guthrie 508 & Accessibility: Rahsaan Williams Design & Layout: Brian Congdon Customer Contact Center: Bill McGahey

NTIS hosted

Administration

Agency repositoryNTRL repository

Ingest and Retrieve:

By collection or by object

Data services over life cycle

Backups and restore Monitoring Reports

REST Web Services

UI Components

Fedora 3.42/SOLR framework:

Access Control:

Can be a bolt on or can be embedded

Defined Agency tasks

Administration

Agency-hosted repository

Developing and Securing: Federal Science Repository Service


Objectives for NTIS Value-Add

• Providing unlimited online access to NTIS content• Updating the Business Model• Openness and interoperable environments : Open

Source/Commercial Collaboration• Preservation, Sustainability, focus on ACCESS• Digitizing Legacy Content• Facilitate science communication• Supporting the researcher of tomorrow • Effective public-private partnerships• Support Technology Transfer• Listening to the Customer • Skill Sets…data…data…data




• Help agencies develop repositories that:• Have the flexibility to change with technology• Reflect information standards • Promote interoperability• Support open government initiatives • Can be tailored to an agency’s needs and

policies• Promote further use of an agency’s content• Support preservation and long-term access


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Thank You.

Wayne Strickland, ManagerOffice of Product and Program Management

National Technical Information [email protected]

Don Hagen, Associate DirectorNational Technical Information Service

[email protected] 703-605-6142

Gail Hodge, Advanced Informatics Group Leader Information International Assoc. (IIa)

[email protected] 865-742-5430


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information needs

treats government information

engineering information

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government data

open public access

data centers

public asset data