June 12, 2008 WorldWideScience Alliance Agreement Signed in Korea
Officials from organizations representing 38 countries gathered recently in Seoul, Korea to formalize their commitment to sustain and build upon the online gateway to the world’s science information. The Alliance was formed to establish a multilateral governance structure. WorldWideScience.org enables anyone with Internet access to launch a single-query search of 32 national scientific databases and portals from 44 countries, covering six continents and nearly half of the world’s population. Users of WorldWideScience.org can search more than 200 million pages of science and technology information not typically accessible through popular search engines.
Press Releases
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Science.gov Signs WorldWideScience Alliance Agreement
- Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (INIST) - France
- British Library – United Kingdom
- Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information
WorldWideScience Alliance Signing Document
Speeches
- June 12, 2008 - Jeffrey Salmon WorldWideScience Alliance Ceremony Remarks
Jeffrey Salmon, Associate Under Secretary for Office of Science
[The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) 2008 General Assembly, Seoul, Korea]
- June 12, 2008 - Dr. Warnick's WorldWideScience Alliance Ceremony Remarks
Dr. Walter L. Warnick, Director, Office of Scientific and Technical Information
[The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) 2008 General Assembly, Seoul, Korea]
Audio Clips
- June 12, 2008 - WorldWideScience Alliance Signing Ceremony
- June 22, 2007 - Global Science Gateway Now Open
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Dr. Walter Warnick, U.S. Department of Energy, speaking during the Ceremony.
Pam Bjornson, Canada Institute of Scientific and Technical Information (left) and Yang Byeong-tae, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (right) -
Lee Gul-woo, Korean Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology
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Jeffrey Salmon, U.S. Department of Energy, Associate Under Secretary for Science
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Richard Boulderstone, The British Library (United Kingdom) and Jeffrey Salmon, U.S. Department of Energy, Associate Under Secretary for Science
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Richard Boulderstone, The British Library (United Kingdom), speaking during the ceremony
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Herbert Gruttemeier, International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (speaking) and Eleanor Frierson, Science.gov Alliance (United States)