- April 2007 – Workshop Panel Report on Accelerating the Spread of Knowledge About Science and Technology: An Examination of the Needs and Opportunities (850-KB PDF)
Superior access to quality content key to accelerating scientific advancement
A workshop chaired by Al Trivelpiece and convened February 27, 2007, by OSTI has issued a report important for advancing science: Accelerating the Spread of Knowledge About Science and Technology. The purpose of the workshop, held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., was to discuss strategies to accelerate the spread of knowledge about science and technology. Recognizing that science progresses only if knowledge is shared, the workshop concluded that scientific and technological progress can be accelerated by accelerating the spread of knowledge. Panel members also emphasized the negative consequences, particularly to American competitiveness and security, if knowledge diffusion strategies are not implemented. An essential finding was: “Superior Access to Quality Content is key to accelerating science and technology.”
- June 2006 – DOE Science Accelerator booklet (655-KB PDF)
Finding the fast lanes for the spread of knowledge
It is impractical for scientists to spend time finding and sifting through hundreds, if not thousands, of information sources in various disciplines. The DOE Science Accelerator, currently in prototype, will enable scientists to allocate their research energy as well as the nation's research resources on what's really important — using that information for life-altering discovery. Through innovation and research, OSTI is finding the fast lanes for knowledge diffusion to propel researchers toward scientific discovery. The DOE Science Accelerator will be the resource that allows scientists to search the whole of deep web science directly from their desktops.
- November 5, 2004 – The State of Data Management in the DOE Research and Development Complex (172-KB PDF)
Need reported for recognizing life-cycle data management as integral to research programs and projects
In July 2004, data management experts from seven data centers in the Department of Energy, as well as representatives of OSTI and other DOE organizations with interests in data management, met in Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to discuss data access and preservation from a DOE perspective. Also participating were Christopher Greer, then Executive Secretary to the National Science Board's Long-Lived Data Collections, and Jeffrey Hayes, Space Science Program at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The participants agreed the first priority in addressing the issues and opportunities associated with data management in the Department is the need to develop a unified data policy to encourage best practices access and preservation of valuable data resources in the advancement of science.
