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ETEC Meeting December 7, 2007

OSTI—Advancing Science Accelerating Discovery. Dr. Walter L. Warnick Director DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information. ETEC Meeting December 7, 2007. ETEC – United by geography. OSTI. ORO. United by a vision to “grow science and technology”.

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ETEC Meeting December 7, 2007

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  1. OSTI—Advancing Science Accelerating Discovery Dr. Walter L. Warnick Director DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information ETEC MeetingDecember 7, 2007

  2. ETEC – United by geography OSTI ORO United by a vision to“grow science and technology”

  3. OSTI manages a program within the Department of Energy ETEC – United by mission ORO OSTI Oak Ridge SC Offices

  4. 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

  5. Stewardship of: • 1 million + hard-copy documents representing DOE’s 60-year legacy • 4 million + electronic DOE-produced R&D records dating to 1940s • 100s of millions of pages of electronic, global science information access 1 Science.gov Way

  6. OSTI’s Mission 1947—2007 To advance science and sustain technological creativity by making R&D findings available and useful to DOE researchers and the American people

  7. R&D flows through OSTI to public • 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

  8. OSTI’s Mission: Who Benefits? 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

  9. Science Progresses as Knowledge Is Shared OSTI Corollary: If the sharing of knowledge is accelerated, then discovery is accelerated

  10. We can accelerate the sharing of knowledge … But first we must dispel the misperception that popular search engines are already doing the job

  11. Much of Science Is Non-Googleable 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 We in the information business recognize this gap between availability and need, and seize the opportunity to … Provide science information consumers with better tools

  12. Federated Search Innovation in science demands innovation in sharing science knowledge OSTI has recognized this need; our emerging solution is “federated” search

  13. Federated Search: Emerging Technology Pioneered by OSTI Surface Web Deep Web Databases Federated search drills down to the deep Web where scientific databases reside Federated search places no burden on database owners We need systems, such as federated search, that probe the deep Web

  14. Interface similar to Google Under the hood, NOT like Google • USA.gov’s portal for science • Resources represent 97 percent of the federal R&D budget! Departments of Agriculture, Commerce,Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services,theInterior,Environmental Protection Agency, Library of Congress,National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, United States Government Printing Office, and theNational Archives and Records Administration

  15. WorldWideScience.org makes the best science information from 17 countries act as if they were an integrated tool, all searchable via a single query. Enables access to prominent as well as smaller, less well-known sources of highly valuable science The U.S. contribution to WorldWideScience.org is Science.gov

  16. Federated Search International partnership kicks off global science gateway allowing users to search multiple sources via a single query 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. The gateway to “hidden” science resources from every inhabited continent!

  17. OSTI’s Mission: Who Benefits? 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.

  18. A Key Piece of Science Discovery Research Discovery Facilities Information High Performance Computing Scientists Information feeds discovery

  19. Research Discovery Facilities ? High Performance Computing Scientists What if the “information connection” between scientists and discovery were missing? 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. OSTI disseminates DOE’s R&D information at the lowest cost of all federal science agencies – making it a “best buy.”

  20. illuminating information                      increasing access                                      advancing science 2007 Milestones • Sept. – DOepatents • April – DOE Science Accelerator • June – WorldWideScience.org • Feb. – Science.gov 4.0 We’ve made non-Googleable information from every inhabited continent searchable, a feat Dr. Raymond Orbach called “magic”

  21. These Gateways Search Non-Googleable Science Interagency level International level Agency level Search 50 million pages of science from 13 federal science agencies Search 200 million pages of science from databases of every inhabited continent Search key DOE databases Federated Search Gateways

  22. In short: OSTI Empowers Cyber-enabled Discovery & Innovation We accelerate retrieval of deep Web science info Which accelerates the advancement of discovery 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. 

  23. But there is more to be done: Web is only a teenager To draw an analogy, let’s look at another transformational technology … Ford’s beginnings Model A – 1903 13 years later – 1916 This was amazing progress for Henry Ford, but from our perspective …

  24. 1928 Model A 1937 Coupe 1994 New “global family mid-size” 1950 convertible There were still decades upon decades of progress to come 1975 Luxury T-Bird Information fuels discovery 1960 Sun Star

  25. Today’s Ford Taurus Today’s Ford Taurus Innovation must continue

  26. It is up to us here 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.  

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