STIP Managers Teleconference
Wednesday, November 4, 2005
12:00-1:00 pm ET

Attendees: Anna Strong (BNC), Roselle Drahushak-Crow (GFO), Kevin Schmidt (SRS), Isom Harrison (LLNL), Dennis Gound (ORO), Dave Hamrin (ORNL), Brian Campbell (ORISE), Linda Rohde (CHO), Nancy Doran (PNNL), Cathy Wright (ALRC), Janine Ford (NNSASC), Teresa Gilbert (SNL), Allison Easter (AMES), Pat Kreitz (SLAC), Sharon West (SLAC), Jim Webber (HQPR), Dale Claflin (INL), Jane Tierney (LBNL), Jean Wolslegel (LBNL), Donna Lawson (Y-12), Stephanie Weitzenkamp (SLAC), Gayla Bratton (FH), Nicole Carson (NVSO), Valerie Kelly (YMP), Jannean Elliott (OSTI), David Bellis (OSTI), Sharon Jordan (OSTI), Judy Gilmore (OSTI), Daphne Evans (OSTI), and Kathy Waldrop (OSTI)

 

GPO Fugitive Documents Project (Judy Gilmore): This topic was discussed at the recent DOE Library Operations Working Group held at ORNL.  Because federal agencies feed STI to the GPO Depository Libraries, GPO is looking for documents they should have received, but didn’t.  OSTI is looking at DOE web sites to determine if documents exist that should have come to OSTI, but didn’t and therefore didn’t go to GPO.  This problem appears more prevalent with other federal agencies.  Some DOE Program Offices appear to be the source of such documents, as opposed to the sites.  Document criteria include (1) must to DOE-sponsored, (2) unlimited distribution, and (3) scientific and technical information.

 

Annual Information Management Conference Call for Papers (Kathy Waldrop):  Formerly the Annual Information Technology Conference (AITC), the name change to AIMC (http://cybertrain.labworks.org/conferences/march2006) infers a broader scope for the conference.  OSTI would like for the STIP Community to use this opportunity to emphasize the broader information management scope (i.e., DOE STIP). The Call for Papers was extended to Monday, November 14.  PNNL has already agreed to attend and present a paper. This conference is a great opportunity to raise the visibility of the STIP community.  

 

2006 Chicago STIP Meeting (Kathy Waldrop): OSTI is looking for a hotel in Chicago for the spring STIP meeting.  The week of April 24th has been selected for the meeting.  The per diem rate for Chicago is $158 per night.  The meeting will last 2-1/2 days.  The current plan is to begin on Tuesday, April 25.  Argonne National Laboratory has offered to setup an Advanced Photon Source tour for Tuesday morning.  Tuesday afternoon there will be a STIP Orientation and Feds only and Contractors only meetings.  The STIP Meetings will begin the morning of Wednesday, April 26 and continue until the late afternoon of Thursday, April 27.

 

E-Link (Kathy Waldrop):  As a follow-up to the E-Link discussion during the September STIP call, the new E-Link was deployed on September 6.  During the first several weeks, the system had some bugs, but as bugs have been identified, they have been corrected and things are going well.

 

Harvesting (Jannean Elliott): There were some documents in the Harvesting stream when E-link changed on September 6.  Harvesting has been running using the interim code while OSTI has been working on the programming for the new code which as of yesterday is now complete.  OSTI harvested NREL’s STI documents using the new code last night.  It was run against the interim code as a quality-control measure, and there were no problems.  Tonight, four other sites data will be harvested using the new code.  The latest site to begin the Harvesting process is Sandia.

 

Miscellaneous:

 

  • Judy Gilmore of OSTI will be a more active STIP participant following a restructuring at OSTI.
  • The Energy Policy Act of 2005 names OSTI as the part of DOE to get out research results.
  • Dr. Walter Warnick was named an AAAS Fellow for his information activities.
  • The Information Bridge has a new look and new functionality.
  • OSTI has deployed the Science Research Connection (SRC) which has proven popular. There are specific requirements that must be met before access to the SRC can be granted.
  • The next call is January 11, 2006.