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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. NTIS Focus on Science, Data and Access: Building Community through Value-Added Databases June 11, 2013 Wayne Strickland. National Technical Information Service. NTIS Mission

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NTIS Focus on Science, Data and Access: Building Community through Value-Added Databases June 11, 2013 Wayne Strickland

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  1. National Technical Information Service NTIS Focus on Science, Data and Access: Building Community through Value-Added Databases June 11, 2013 Wayne Strickland

  2. National Technical Information Service 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 meansmore 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)

  3. National Technical Information Service 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.

  4. National Technical Information Service

  5. National Technical Information Service 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

  6. National Technical Information Service 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

  7. Continuing “DATA.GOV” Support- NTIS Initiatives for Improving OpenGovernment Efforts

  8. 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

  9. Developing and Securing: Federal Science Repository Service • Defined Agency tasks Fedora 3.42/SOLR framework: UI Components Ingest and Retrieve: By collection or by object REST Web Services Access Control: Can be a bolt on or can be embedded NTIS hosted Agency-hosted repository NTRL repository Agency repository Administration Administration

  10. National Technical Information 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

  11. National Technical Information Service Federal Science Repository Service (FSRS) • 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

  12. Thank You. Wayne Strickland, Manager Office of Product and Program Management National Technical Information Service wstrickland@ntis.gov Don Hagen, Associate Director National Technical Information Service dhagen@ntis.gov 703-605-6142 Gail Hodge, Advanced Informatics Group Leader Information International Assoc. (IIa) ghodge@iiaweb.com 865-742-5430 National Technical Information Service

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