April 1999
Spring Depository Library Council/Federal Depository Conference
Federal Agency Update Session
Department of Energy
"DOE Information Bridge: One Year Later"
Don Altom, Project Manager, DOE Information Bridge
Kathy Chambers, Product Manager, DOE Information Bridge
Background
GPO/DOE relationship to provide public access to DOE report literature - microfiche
GPO/DOE Interagency Agreement in December 1997 to provide Web access to full text DOE report literature from January 1996
Leverage existing DOE system
Access through GPO Access System
Incorporated GPO requirements
Eliminate passwords
Provide PDF full text for download to user desktop
"Roll out" in April 1998 with Web access to 23,422 bibliographic and full text DOE reports
Growth/Utilization
Increased full text information collection by 50%; 35,006 bibliographic and full text records available on 12 April 1999
Utilization
Document downloads - performance measure
55,942 downloads through 10 April 1999 by all user communities: depository libraries, US and international publics, DOE, other government agencies, etc.
Recent Enhancements
Customer driven
Option to download full text in native formats
PDF, Word, WordPerfect, SGML, HTML, XML, Postscript, TIFFG4
Links to full text posted at remote sites scattered throughout the DOE Complex
ASCII-based formats
Future Directions
Customer driven
Convert to Oracle/UNIX environment
New functionality
Date range searching
Search downloaded PDF documents
Legacy data
Assessment pending; determine interest in Web access to full text prior to January 1996
Encourage participation
Honors/Awards
DOE Information Management Quality Award for Technical Excellence in October 1998
Hammer Award presented by National Partnership for Reinventing Government in February 1999
GPO/DOE partnership continuing success story
Questions/Answers