STI Product Type Fact Sheet for DOE Laboratory Researchers

Books and Monographs

ABOUT STI

In the course of performing research and development (R&D) and other scientific and technological work, researchers funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) produce scientific and technical information (STI) to document and disseminate their findings.

STI includes products such as journal articles, technical reports, conference presentations, books, and more. Through the Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP), the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) collaborates with people across the DOE complex, including Headquarters programs, field offices, national laboratories, and other facilities. The STIP partnership ensures that the results of DOE- funded work are identified, disseminated, and preserved. Thus, OSTI collects STI produced across the DOE laboratory and facility complex as well as from financial assistance recipients.

DEFINITION

As an STI product, a book or monograph is a scholarly piece of writing on a specific subject. It may contain a detailed written study of a single specialized subject or an aspect of it, including a manual describing a particular process. Each volume is a self-contained work, yet monographs may be a published in a series to provide detailed information on a specialized scientific or technical topic. A book may also be composed of chapters, and the STI product may be just one part or topic in the whole book to be published. Books and monographs may be published by the originating site (e.g., as e-books or technical fact sheets) or by a commercial publisher. If the STI product is a chapter, reference should also be made to the whole book.

SUBMISSIONS

Each DOE laboratory has a site program to manage scientific and technical information produced under the contract and to make it available to DOE's Office of Scientific and Technical Information. Each site's STI Manager is involved in the process; for more information, see the listing of STI Managers at https://www.osti.gov/stip/about/stip-community#STIManagers.

Using a Lab's processes for STI submission, the author provides metadata for a book or monograph as well as a full-text document in searchable PDF format or a link to the document hosted on the institutional repository, if it is publicly accessible. If the STI product is copyrighted by a commercial publisher, then an announcement notice only may be submitted, providing metadata and the source of availability.