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WorldWideScience Operating Agent: OSTI, U.S. Department of Energy

Brian Hitson is the Associate Director for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), and is responsible for international information exchange programs,
Brian Hitson
administrative and financial management, and the digitization and preservation of a 1.2 million scientific document repository. Mr. Hitson played a key role in the development of WorldWideScience.org and in the establishment of the WorldWideScience Alliance. He is the US representative to the IEA's Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDE) and to the IAEA's International Nuclear Information System (INIS). Mr. Hitson has chaired the ETDE Executive Committee since 2005. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and a Master's in Business Administration, both from the University of Tennessee.		 Lorrie Apple Johnson is the Operating Agent representative for the WorldWideScience Alliance and the Product Manager for WorldWideScience.org. Ms. Johnson is responsible for directing technical activities related to the WorldWideScience.org
Lorrie Johnson
website, such as the implementation of multilingual translations and speech-indexed multimedia in conjunction with federated searching. She is also responsible for promotions and outreach, including the recruitment of new members.

As an Information Services Specialist for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), Ms. Johnson's areas of expertise include the acquisition, management, and dissemination of scientific and technical information, with a special interest in international collaborations. In addition to her involvement with WorldWideScience, Ms. Johnson serves as an Operating Agent representative for the Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDE), a multilateral information exchange agreement between fourteen member countries. Ms. Johnson is also OSTI's program liaison to the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, specializing in the creation and management of scientific and technical information products to meet the needs of U.S. scientists and researchers.

Ms. Johnson holds a Master of Science degree in Information Sciences from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She completed dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Biochemistry and Zoology from North Carolina State University.

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