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| Sources (from which OSTI collects or links report literature) | Labs, 7,000 research organizations, foreign countries, other agencies | Same | Same |
| Media (form in which report literature is acquired from sources) | Unclassified: Paper Classified: Paper |
Unclassified: Internet linked, floppy disks, paper Classified: Paper |
Unclassified: Internet linked Classified: Internet (encrypted), paper (electronic or disks) |
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| Sources (from which OSTI collects or links journal literature) | Abstracting and indexing contractors for domestic journals; barter for bibliographic records from foreign journals | Phasing out abstracting and indexing contractors; continue receipt of foreign journal records | Cooperative arrangements with journal publishers; continue receipt of foreign journal records |
| Method of coverage | Bibliographic record with abstract and index words - no full text | Bibliographic record with abstract and index words; limited availability of electronic full text journals to DOE headquarters | Bibliographic record with abstract and index words; electronic hyperlinks to full text journals available to sites with licenses |
| Comprehensiveness of journal coverage | Full coverage of all domestic energy-related science journals with quid pro quo coverage of foreign journals by international partners | Reduced coverage (~ 50% due to budget constraints) of domestic journals; continue receipts for foreign journals | Full coverage through cooperative arrangements with journal publishers; continue receipts for foreign journals |
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| Sources (from which OSTI collects or links PrePrint literature) | Links to preprint servers at national labs, academic institutions, research organizations, and other sources. | Same | |
| Media (form in which PrePrint literature is acquired from sources | Preprints maintained at originating sites in formats such as PDF, Ghostscript, HTML, and other formats. | Dependent on site owners and emerging technologies. | |
| Comprehensiveness of PrePrint coverage | Varies with specific site. Most are late 1990's through present. | May vary with specific site. Some servers retain all; others remove after set timeframe. | |
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Other federal agencies' R&D, foreign non-published | Same | Same |
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| Method for indexing and abstracting report literature | Manual abstracting and indexing | ||
| Time to process and announce reports | 6 weeks | 12 weeks during transition | 2 days |
| Disseminating Information | |||
| Customers (audiences to whom information is disseminated) | Information intermediaries (librarians, NTIS, Dialog, GPO Depository Libraries) | Researchers, public, intermediaries | Researchers, public, intermediaries |
| Outgoing media (form in which OSTI disseminates information) | Full text: paper, microfiche Bibliographic: on-line database (fee-based), magnetic tapes |
Full text: Scanned images, paper, electronic or linked Bibliographic: Html, on-line database |
Full text and Bibliographic: Native formats or conversion, as necessary |
| Electronic information formats (e.g., bibliographic, full text, etc.) | No electronic full text; bibliographic database | Bibliographic and full text, with links to journals and other sources and sites' information (Energy Science and Technology Database, Information Bridge, and electronic subject-specific announcement publications) | |
| Journal literature (DOE and other energy-related R&D literature) | Electronic and paper abstracts, no links to journal articles | Electronic abstracts with hyperlinks to electronic journals DOE-wide | |
| Number of direct customers served with full-text | 4,500 per year | More than 100,000 | |
| Preserving Information | |||
| Information repository/archive (media in which 50-year information collection is preserved) | Centralized repository of paper, microfiche | Decentralized repositories, microfiche, digital (magnetic disk) | |
| Leadership | |||
| Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP) | Command and control (143-page Orders) | Department-wide collaboration (4-page Order), increased partnerships, linking information sources | |
| Resources | |||
| Size | 170 feds, 150 contractors | 83 feds, 45 contractors | 87 feds, 40 contractors |
| Unit cost (cost per customer served) | high | medium | low |
| Budget | $16 million | $8.6 million | $9.3 million (more needed for National Library of Energy Science and Technology) |
| Technology (used to collect, process, and disseminate information) | VAX cluster, central processing, dial-up access, VT terminals | NT servers, Sun Systems, Internet connections, Oracle database management, machine-aided indexing and hyperlinking | |