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

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

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

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 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 Way

6 OSTI’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

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 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?

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 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

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

13 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 places no burden on database owners

14  USA.gov’s portal for science  Resources represent 97 percent of the federal R&D budget! Interface similar to GoogleUnder 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

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. The U.S. contribution to WorldWideScience.org is Science.gov Enables access to prominent as well as smaller, less well- known sources of highly valuable science

16 Federated 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!

17 He called on scientists to make more of their research available digitally: “We have to unlock the wealth of scientific knowledge and get it to everyone.” Larry Page, to scientists at AAAS, February 2007 "Virtually all economic growth (in the world) was due to technological progress. I think as a society we're not really paying attention to that.” Google Founder Delivered Message to Scientists OSTI has been unlocking this wealth for 60 years

18 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?

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

20 What if the “information connection” between scientists and discovery were missing? Discovery Research Facilities High Performance Computing Scientists ? 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.

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

22 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 Science Federated Search Gateways Agency level Interagency level International level

23 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 Which accelerates the advancement of discovery We accelerate retrieval of deep Web science info

24 But there is more to be done: Web is only a teenager Ford’s beginnings Model A – 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 …

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

26 Innovation must continue Today’s Ford Taurus

27 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 here