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Update to the Update to the Board of Research Data and InformationBoard of Research Data and Information

CENDIFederal STI Managers’ Group

CENDIFederal STI Managers’ Group

30 November 201030 November 2010

Lisa Weber, NARACENDI Chair

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• Interagency group of senior federal STI managers who agree to cooperate by

o Exchanging information and ideaso Sharing resourceso Undertaking joint initiativeso From policy to standards to operations

• 14 member agencies manage over 97% of the annual federal R&D budget

• Two formalized partnershipso ICSTI and NFAIS

What is CENDI?What is CENDI?

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To help improve the productivity of federal To help improve the productivity of federal science- and technology-based programs through science- and technology-based programs through

effective scientific, technical, and related effective scientific, technical, and related information support systemsinformation support systems. .

1. STI Coordination and Leadership2. Improvement of STI Systems3. STI Understanding

1. STI Coordination and Leadership2. Improvement of STI Systems3. STI Understanding

CENDI’s Mission and GoalsCENDI’s Mission and Goals

• 4 to 14

• National libraries, departmental STI centers, cross cutting information organizations, research funding programs

Evolving CENDIEvolving CENDI

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CENDI MembersCENDI Members(Principals and (Principals and

Alternates)Alternates)

CENDI MembersCENDI Members(Principals and (Principals and

Alternates)Alternates)

Observers and Cooperating Organizations

Observers and Cooperating Organizations

Science.gov Alliance

Science.gov Alliance

Multi-agency Coordination

Activity

Multi-agency Coordination

Activity

Digitization SpecificationsTerminology Resources in a Networked EnvironmentAutomated Harvesting of MetadataAutomated Harvesting of MetadataSemantic TechnologiesSemantic TechnologiesWeb harvesting and crawlingWeb harvesting and crawling

Alliance PrincipalsAlliance AlternatesContent ManagementPromotions

STI Policy Working Group

STI Policy Working Group

Copyright andIntellectual Property

Working Group

Copyright andIntellectual Property

Working Group

SecretariatSecretariat

Institutional RepositoriesInstitutional RepositoriesPersonally IdentifiablePersonally Identifiable Information (PIIInformation (PII))

External IT Environment

Current Environmental Drivers Influencing STI

Current Environmental Drivers Influencing STI

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National priorities

• Focus a large and heterogeneous CENDI

• Complex and changing technological and political environment

• Resource Challenges

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Biggest Challenge Biggest Challenge

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FY10 Highlights of Accomplishments & Impacts

FY10 Highlights of Accomplishments & Impacts

• Representation on Data.gov Senior Advisory Board• NITRD discussions on opportunities to cooperate• Public Access key topic

o Regular updates with ARL/SPARCo Reauthorization of America Competes with Open Accesso FRPAAo House Science Roundtable o OSTP RFI and Administration Position – CENDI advice to

implementation• Open Government Directive Reviewed• Open government plans analyzed• Tracking American Competes Act as high profile legislation• STEM Education 9

Leadership in STI PolicyLeadership in STI Policy

ORGANIZATION CONTACT AREA

OSTP Chris Greer Data; Cyber

OSTP Diane DiEuliis Open Access

OSTP Kei Koizumi R&D Dashboard

OSTP Beth Noveck Open Government

OMB Margo Schwab Data.gov

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Policy Leaders met with CENDI Advice Sought; Expertise SharedPolicy Leaders met with CENDI

Advice Sought; Expertise Shared

TOPIC ORGANIZATION CONTACT

Cloud Computing Lockheed Martin Melvin B. Greer

Crowd Sourcing and the Cloud NIST Timothy Grance

Mobile Computing NLM Loren Frant

Interactive Publishing NLM Michael Ackerman

Creating Sustainable Digital Infrastructure

Johns Hopkins University Sayeed Choudhury

Introduction to the Semantic Web: The Basics that an STI Manager Should Know

NITRD George Strawn

Semantic Medline: A Proof of Concept

NLM Tom Rindflesch

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CENDI Open Meetings for Educating on Technologies, Networking and Connecting

CENDI Open Meetings for Educating on Technologies, Networking and Connecting

TOPIC DATE ATTENDANCE

Mobile Computing: Delivering Content to the Research Community

11/10 100+

Scientific Data Management 6/10 87 feds+ 25 agencies

Open Source Software and Copyright: Legal and Business Considerations for Government Use

7/10 >120

Seminar Series on Issues and Answer in Digitization (with FLICC and FADGI)

On-going >450

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Workshops Provide Cost Effective Educational Opportunities

Workshops Provide Cost Effective Educational Opportunities

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• Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright and Computer Softwareo Released November 2009, o (3,440 requests)

• Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright: Issues Affecting the US Government o Revised March and August 2007, August 2008 o (~25,000 hits)

CENDI Best SellersCENDI Best Sellers

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• Internships and fellowships section made searchable

• Image search prototype developed

• New databases added• Library Journal named Science.gov

as a 2006 Top Web Reference • Science.gov model used to launch

Worldwidescience.orgo Multi-lingual search

       

• Annual source queries exceed 25.2M   

• Named one of Top 10 Government Websites by GCN.   

• RSS feeds from 11 federal agencies compiled and displayed in real time

       

Science.gov’s Continued SuccessScience.gov’s Continued Success

• Highest rated topic on FY11 Planning Survey• E-Science -- Data Intensive Science• Interactive publications• Technical and policy issues surrounding the

management of scientific data – learn from documentation experience

• Joint sponsorship of scientific data management workshop – Held June 29-July 1, 2010

• Monitor activities on new types of content• Data Citation and DOIs (with CODATA)

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CENDI Interests in “Data”CENDI Interests in “Data”

• Challenged by OSTP Chris Greer

• “Science2Jobs” – a work in Process

• Vision – Fully interoperable data & information network that stimulates job growth by enabling new opportunities for innovation and discovery

• Goal and Objectives – Expand Science.gov to drive data-intensive science -- including research, education and applicationso Create a semantically rich information network across agencies;o Extend the scope of “data objects” presently servedo Integrate other agency capabilities with Science.gov so that the whole becomes a

larger network that enables business innovation by a broad array of stakeholders

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Priority for FY11: Develop a CENDI Grand Challenge

Priority for FY11: Develop a CENDI Grand Challenge

• www.cendi.gov• CENDI Chair: Lisa Weber/NARA

(lisa.weber@nara.gov)

• CENDI Co-Chair: Sharon Jordan/OSTI(jordans@osti.gov)

• Executive Director: Bonnie Carroll/IIa(bcarroll@iiaweb.com)

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