Public Access to DOE Scientific Publications
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Public Access to DOE Scientific Publications:
Communications Opportunities
Brian Hitson
Acting Director
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Office of Science
U.S. Department of Energy
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Angles to Cover
- What does "public access" mean?
- How will we implement it?
- What are the public affairs and communications opportunities?
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Q. What does "public access" mean (for purposes of this briefing)?
A. Free access to electronic scholarly publications (i.e., final, peer-reviewed accepted manuscripts or published journal articles) resulting from DOE R&D funding, after some "embargo period," or administrative interval.
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Public Access in the U.S. - A Short History
- In general, public access authority has existed but has not been exercised.
- Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 mandated public access for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through PubMed Central (PMC)
- America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010
- “establish priorities for coordinating the development of any Federal science agency policies related to public access to the results of federally funded research . . .”
- Two OSTP Task Forces (Scholarly Publications and Digital Data)
- Two WhiteHouse.gov Requests for Information (public comment)
- OSTP’s February 22, 2013, memo to agency heads requiring public access plans
- Other legislative activity
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The OSTP Memo . . . What Does It Require?
For publications . . .
- “ . . . the public can read, download . . . final peer-reviewed manuscripts or final published documents . . .”
- “ . . . full public access to publications’ metadata without charge . . .”
- “ . . . use a twelve-month embargo period . . . [or] tailor its plan as necessary . . .”
- “Encourage public-private collaboration . . .”
- “Ensure that attribution to authors, journals, and original publishers is maintained.”
- “Ensure that publications and metadata are stored in an archival solution that provides for long-term preservation and access . . . without charge . . .”
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DOE Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP)
- OSTI manages agency-wide program.
- 17 National Labs; ~4,000 grantees
- STI = Unclassified, controlled, and classified R&D results
- Authorities:
- Public Law, CFR,
- DOE O 241.1B
- STI Receipts:
FY11 FY12 FY13
22,570 20,221 30,730
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OSTI and Public Access
- Providing Public Access since 1947. All digital since 2000.
- Technical reports
- Patents
- Video
- Software
- E-prints
Providing access to journal literature is expansion of current business and fits well with our business model.
- Providing Public Access since 1947. All digital since 2000.
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Public Access
Article/Manuscript Output by Agency
DOD 13,824
DOE 27,446
NIH 64,383
NSF 43,187
Our solution - PAGES: Public Access Gateway for Energy and Science
- National Institutes of Health
- National Science Foundation
- Department of Energy
- Department of Defense
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Agriculture
- Centers for Disease Control
- Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. Geological Survey
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Education
- Department of Transportation
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"Best Available Version" Concept
DOE Ingest Stream (E-Link) Collaboration with publishers via CHORUS
Best Available Version
We are collaborating with publishers to take advantage of their public access offerings.
CHORUS – the Clearinghouse for the Open Research of the United States – offers a single feed from publishers.
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PAGES is a Hybrid, Distributed Approach
Centralized metadata
Decentralized full-text articles and manuscripts, using a) STIP and DOE/institutional repositories and b) CHORUS
- Populating PAGES
- Beta version consists of several thousand DOE accepted manuscripts and articles from CHORUS pilot project.
- Anticipate 25,000-30,000 manuscripts/articles per year after embargo period.
- PAGES is ready for near-term deployment thanks to. . .
- DOE's existing ingest system and network - the Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP), and
- Experience with hybrid dissemination products (e.g., technical reports).
- Populating PAGES
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PAGESBeta Search Engine
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Publication Break-Out by Lab
LBNL - 2,928
ORNL - 2,243
ANL - 2,150
LANL - 2,028
PNNL - 1,367
BNL - 1,216
LLNL - 1,209
SNL - 972
NREL - 451
FNAL - 400
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Sandia National Laboratories
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- Ames Laboratory
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
- National Energy Technology Laboratory
- Idaho National Laboratory
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Laboratory
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
- Savannah River National Laboratory
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
- New Brunswick Laboratory
- Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory
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Public Affairs and Communications Opportunities from Public Access and PAGES
- Preparing/Making “news” just as DOE-/Lab-affiliated articles are published
- PAGES could supply RSS feed to DOE and Lab Public Affairs for articles slated for publication
- Developing histories or annual reports of publication outputs
- Publicizing publications metrics and impacts (e.g., citation rates, cross-disciplinary impacts)
- Collaborating with SCPA and OSTI on publications recognition (e.g., “Top 50 Articles from DOE R&D Programs”)
- Displaying “real-time” feeds of newly-accessible articles/manuscripts
- Promoting PAGES (e.g., links from Lab websites, PAGES API feeds to Lab websites)
- Preparing/Making “news” just as DOE-/Lab-affiliated articles are published
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Questions?
For any additional follow-up questions, please contact
Brian Hitson, Acting Director
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Office of Science
U.S. Department of Energy
hitsonb@osti.gov
(865) 576-1199
