Hagen NTIS SLA 2011

NTIS Focus on Science and Data:
Open and Sustainable Models for Science Information Discovery
Special Library Association
Science 2.1: New forms of Scholarly Communications in the Sciences
15 June 2011

Thirteen Private Sector Investments in the Global Business of Government Information (2007-2011):
Deltek acquires Input and Federal Sources.
Dolan Media acquires Federal News Services and DataStream Content Solutions
Reed Elsevier’s LexisNexis acquires Statenet.
Cambridge Information Group’s ProQuest acquires LexisNexis’ Congressional Information Services and University Publications of America.
Bloomberg launches Bloomberg Government.
E. L. Rothschild LLC acquires Weather Central.
Nxt1 launches Local Government Information.
Propylon and Spikes Cavell invest in the US government sector.
Economist Group caps Roll Call’s roll-up with its acquisition of CQ.
Sage Publications acquires CQ Press.
NBC Universal and two private equity groups acquire Weather Channel.
Politico was launched.
Montreal-based mediaGrif caps its Government Contracts USA roll-up with the acquisition of epipeline.
Source: Marlin & Associates, 2011
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National Technical Information Service
NTIS Mission
To promote progress by serving as the Federal Government’s central means of making technical information perpetually and widely available.
“Maintain a permanent archival repository and clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination of nonclassified scientific, technical, and engineering information.”
15 USC 3710(d)(3)

Vision
Ensure easy and perpetual availability of the most comprehensive collection of Federally-funded scientific, technical and engineering information (STEI) in support of the nation’s economic growth and opportunity.
Assist other federal agencies in accomplishing the information needs of their constituencies.
Provide this public good at a high level of quality and on a self-sustaining basis.

National Technical Reports Library
Released in April 2009
Focus on federally funded technical reports
Features: Online subscription; 2.5 million records; rich metadata; full text access to 630,000 documents.
44 current subscribers.
Current approach uses traditional database and search engine developed in-house
Began with Fedora-based pilot in April 2010
Beta 2.0 version using Fedora Spring 2011
Beta 3.0 Version using Fedora 3.4/Custom
Tech Report Structure: October, 2011

Services for Federal Agencies
Provides a variety of storage and dissemination services including digitization, publishing, information distribution, etc.
Collaborative Interagency Position
Science Repository as an NTIS Service to other Federal Agencies.
Based on NTIS ability to establish public/private partnerships
Data Librarianship/Data Curation

Agency Science Repository Service
Help agencies easily develop repositories that:
Support preservation and long-term access
Support open government initiatives
Builds Collections on Themes of Science
Are based on open standards and development approaches
Promote interoperability
Are durable against technology changes, yet flexible

NTIS Virtual Science Repository
Closed Researcher Repository
Researcher Persistent
Source
I.D.
Content Creation
Open
Researcher Repository
Open
World Wide Web
Permissions
I. P. Subscribers,
Data.gov, and
National Archives

Agency Repository Services Private-Public Partnership
Information International Associates

Agency Repository Services
Private-Public Partnership with Information International Associates.
Based on Flexible Extensible Digital Object Repository
Architecture (Fedora)
Open source with an active community, including many in the Federal community
Modular architecture
Metadata triplestore
Flexible metadata extension
Various front ends depending on agency requirements
Different search engines
Independent of other components
Supports different object/data models

Science Agency Benefits
Collaborative inter-agency development environment
Understanding of federal security and information management requirements
Project management support
Supports “Cloud, Crowd, and Community”
Other services on an as needed basis including cataloging, indexing, taxonomy development, legacy digitization, clearinghouse services, usability testing, web development

Challenges for NTIS
Effective results from federal research investment
Openness and interoperable environments
Preservation
Sustainability
Facilitate science communication
Supporting the researcher of tomorrow
Effective private-public partnerships
Support Technology Transfer
Listening to the Customer
Skill Sets…data…data…data

Challenge Science Vendors
Aggregation/dissemination/editing/composition is not enough
Define New level of science value-add:
Depth of knowledge
Current activity/works in progress
Methodology
Analysis of findings
Data analysis
Embedded value for scientists

Save the Date – November 30, 2011Repositories in Science & Technology: Preserving Access to the Record of ScienceA One-Day Workshop Co-sponsored by CENDI and NFAISHosted by FLICC at the Library of CongressThe Mumford Room, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20540Wednesday, November 30, 2011 * 9:00 am - 4:30 pm *

Thank You.
Donald Hagen
Office of Product Management and Acquisition
dhagen@ntis.gov

Hagen NTIS SLA 2011

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