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Introduction. Link to larger image.

Dr. Walter Warnick, Director

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)


FY06 CENDI annual Conference
University of Maryland Inn and Conference Center

September 7-8, 2005

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Slide 2: Welcome

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We look forward to the coming year -- new faces, new ideas, new energy.

 

 


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And a special welcome to Keynote Speaker:

Teresa Fryberger

Assistant Director for Environment OSTIP

 

 

Slide 4: 2005 was a good year

2005 was a good year …  Link to larger image.

Science.gov Alerts Launch Feb. 2005, AAAS

Terminology Resources List Spring 2005

PDF in Government Environment NARA Workshop, May 2005

Now it's time to plan for next year



Slide 5: R&D spending tops $120 billion

R&D spending tops $120 billion.  Link to larger image.

CENDI agencies represent 97% of the Federal R&D budget

CENDI increases productivity of this vast R&D effort

 

 


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It is well know that science builds on the work that has come before.

 

Issac Newton expressed this thought most eloquently in 1676, when he wrote: "If I have seen further than others, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."


Slide 7: Science progresses when knowledge is shared

Science progresses when knowledge is shared. Link to larger image.

Corollary: Speeding up diffusion of knowledge will accelerate scientific progress

 

 

 

Slide 8: Together we are entering a new era of Knowledge Diffusion & Global Discovery

Together we are entering a new era of Knowledge Diffusion & Global Discovery. Link to larger image.

Simultaneous, ranked search of distributed digital collections -- made broadly available via the Internet -- speeds up diffusion of scientific knowledge and accelerates scientific progress.

 

Slide 9: Already CENDI organizations have made tremendous strides

Already CENDI organizations have made tremendous strides.  Link to larger image.

We have undergone radical transformation with the advent of the Internet.

 

At OSTI alone, the number of information transactions is many hundreds of times higher than our pre-Internet days.


Slide 10: A measure of progress: 11 years

 

A measure of progress: 11 years. Link to larger image.

It has only been 11 years since DOE posted its first home page.

 

Of course, by today's standards, that home page was primitive.

 

To draw an analogy, let's look at another transformational technology …


Slide 11: Ford's beginnings Model A -- 1903

Ford's beginnings Model A -- 1903. Link to larger image.

 

 

 


Slide 12: 11 years later -- 1914

11 years later -- 1914. Link to larger image.

This was amazing progress for Henry Ford, but from our perspective …

 


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There were still decades upon decades of progress to come.

 

 

 

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And innovation must continue

 

 

 

Slide 15: So the future is unpredictable

So the future is unpredictable. Link to larger image.

Our position today -- 11 years after the first real deployment of the Internet -- is not unlike the position of Ford 11 years after the launch of its first model.

 

 

Slide 16: There are no facts about the future

There are no facts about the future. Link to larger image.

But we can make some predictions …

 

 

 

Slide 17: Prediction #1: There is likely to be a Ford in 2015

Predicition #1: There is likely to be a Ford in 2015. Link to larger image.

But we can't draw it.

 

 

 

Slide 18: Prediction #2: There is likely to be an Internet in 2015

Prediction #2: There is likely to be an Internet in 2015. Link to larger image.

But we can't know its features.

 

 

 

Slide 19: But we do know …

But we do know …. Link to larger image.

Ford didn't just invent the car. He revolutionized transportation and changed human behavior

  • Ford made the car more user-friendly
  • Ford made the car faster
  • Ford made the car relatively easy to operate
  • Ford made the car a part of every household

 

Slide 20: So a second parallel

So a second parallel. Link to larger image.
  • Just as Ford sensed the burden of transportation was an obstacle to human progress, we know that the burden of searching is an obstacle to science progress.
  • Ford transformed the behavior of the traveling public. We are transforming the behavior of the research scientist.

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OSTI's Purpose. Link to larger image.

Our job at CENDI: Do everything we can to make use of the evolving internet to diffuse knowledge related to our agency missions.

 

 

Slide 22: Our near-term opportunities are emerging to speed knowledge diffusion

Our near-term opportunities are emering to speed knowledge diffusion. Link to larger image.
  • Science.gov 3.0
  • Compilation of Agency Practices for Journal Access
  • Enhancement of CENDI Tools
  • NFAIS Annual Conference
  • AAAS Symposium
  • ASIS&T Annual Meeting
  • DASER II Summit
  • Science.gov 4.0

 

Slide 23: Milestone: OSTI becomes law with Energy Policy Act of 2005

Milestone: OSTI becomes law with Energy Policy Act of 2005. Link to larger image.

"The Secretary, through the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, shall maintain within the Department publicly available collections of scientific and technical information resulting from research, development, demonstration, and commercial applications activities supported by the Department."

 

Slide 24: Mid-term Opportunities

Mid-term Opportunities. Link to larger image.

Speed knowledge diffusion

  • Expand volume
  • Transform precision search
  • Beyond text

Collaborative search, enhancing knowledge, advancing science

 

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Speed knowledge diffusion

Expand volume

  • Add to existing databases
  • Add new databases

Collaborative search, enhancing knowledge, advancing science

 

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Speed knowledge diffusion

  • Transform precision search
  • Deploy new technologies as in Science.gov 3.0
  • Develop next generation technologies as in Science.gov 4.0

Collaborative search, enhancing knowledge, advancing science

 

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Speed knowledge diffusion

Beyond text

  • Numeric data, audio, video, etc.

Collaborative search, enhancing knowledge, advancing science

 

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The next two days promise to be enlightening and exciting.

 

In two days, let's leave here with a roadmap to tangible results for the coming year.

 

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