The DOE laboratories, sites, and facilities represent a premier federal research system and perform leading-edge research on national priorities in science, energy, and national security. To ensure research results are accessible, as appropriate, OSTI provides several mechanisms for DOE laboratories and major sites/facilities to provide STI to OSTI for processing and output in OSTI's search products. 

DOE labs, sites and facilities use E-Link, developed and maintained by OSTI for the management of DOE STI.  The following STI products are submitted through E-Link. 

• Technical and Workshop Reports 
• Accepted Manuscripts (of Journal Articles) 
• Conferences 
• Books and Monographs 
• Thesis and Dissertations 
• Program Documents 
• Scientific and Technical (S&T) Accomplishment Reports 
• Patents 
• Factsheets 
• Scientific Data 

For information about submitting scientific software or scientific data, please visit the following pages: 

• Scientific Software 
• Scientific Data 

To provide STI to OSTI, follow the procedures provided by your lab/site/facility. For more information, contact your STI Manager. In the event that an STI Manager is not listed for your site, contact OSTI at stip@osti.gov (link sends e-mail). 

E-Link provides two options for submitting STI: 

1. Web submission interface. This is a manual entry mechanism which works best when there is a low volume of STI to be submitted. 
2. Application Programming Interface (API). The API provides a mechanism for making multiple STI submissions at once. 

An account is required to submit STI products in E-Link. To request access, please visit this page. 

Metadata Required 

When submitting STI metadata records, there is certain metadata that is required. A list of the required metadata, by STI product type, is provided in the table below. If a document for the STI metadata record is required, it is noted in the table. 

✓ = Required 

Blank = Optional 

Metadata Element	Technical and Workshop Report	Accepted Manuscript (of Journal Article)	Conference:  Paper, Presentation, Poster, or Proceeding	Book or Monograph	Thesis or Dissertation	Program Document	Patents	Factsheets	Scientific Data
DOE Award / Contract Number	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Other Identifying Number(s)
Originating Research Organization	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
STI Product Type	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sub-Type		✓	✓	✓	✓
STI Product Title	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Issue Date/Date of Publication	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Author(s)/Contributors(s)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
PID for each author/contributor
Contributor Organization(s)
Report / Product Number	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Work Proposal Number
Work Authorization Number
Sponsoring Office	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Description / Abstract
Subject Categories
Keywords
Intellectual Property / Distribution Limitations (i.e. Access Limitations)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Electronic upload of STI Product using an acceptable file/media format	✓	✓*	✓*	✓*	✓*	✓*	✓	✓
Review/Release Information	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Publicly Facing Landing Page URL									✓
Contact Information									✓

*Without access limitations 

NOTE: All STI should be reviewed for sensitivities as defined by DOE Order 241.1C, such as Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), Protected Data, etc., and for protected Personally Identifiable Information (PII) prior to upload. 

Submitter Responsibilities 

• DO NOT encrypt or password-protect STI products. 
• DO NOT include personally identifiable information (PII) in any STI submission. 
• DO inform OSTI when permanently removing STI from your site's publicly accessible server.   
• DO inform OSTI when your site's publicly accessible server, hosting STI products, changes. 
• DO update E-Link metadata when access limitations change for STI products. 
• DO replace full-text STI via E-Link upload for STI products as appropriate.