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13
Aug
2009

You Can Be a Part of Accelerating Scientific Discovery!
by Susan Tackett in Products and Content  |  Comments [3] Tags: adopt-a-doc doe technical-reports
Did you know that you can help make important research available online by adopting a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) technical report?   There are more than 300,000 DOE technical reports in need of digitization. In fact, most DOE technical reports from the 1940s to 1991 are still only available in hard copy or microfiche. This means that important research is not electronically accessible by researchers and the public.[Read More]

22
Jul
2009

ROI of 10,000,000% -- Would You Invest?
by Brian Hitson in Products and Content  |  Comments [3] Tags: adopt-a-doc information-bridge
Even the most outrageous Ponzi scheme couldn't promise a return of 10 million percent, but that's the return to be realized by opening the Department of Energy's historic R&D findings to the web.  Yes, you have to accept certain assumptions, but it's not a major leap.  Let's review the math.[Read More]

30
Jun
2009

It’s been a big summer for sharing science info—and it’s still only June!
by Cathey Daniels in Products and Content  |  Comments [2] Tags: adopt-a-doc science-accelerator science.gov wws.org youtube

Did you know:

 

  • That now you can find research from China when you search within WorldWideScience.org?  OSTI was in Ottawa June 10 helping formalize the addition of China to the WorldWideScience Alliance? In addition, now you can quickly narrow your WorldWideScience.org results list to the research you need, share them on social networking sites, bookmark your search, and set up alerts.
  • That now you can learn about OSTI tools and services on our OSTI YouTube site launched in June?
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20
Mar
2009

What’s in the OSTI Legacy Collection?
by Tim Byrne in Products and Content  |  Comments [4] Tags: adopt-a-doc doe energy-citations erda legacy-collection nobel-prize osti
The DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information legacy collection contains an estimated one million technical reports representing six decades of energy research that is, for the most part, unavailable in electronic format.  On average, OSTI receives close to two hundred requests each month to digitize specific reports, with the vast majority of the requests coming from DOE employees and contractors.  The legacy collection represents an enormous investment in research and development from the Atomic Energy Commission, Energy Research and Development Administration and Department of Energy.  With the growing tendency of many researchers to rely solely on research information available electronically, this incredibly valuable resource collection is often ignored.  By not having electronic access to previous research, scientific advancement may be diminished and funds wasted duplicating what has already been done.  [Read More]