To advance science and sustain technological creativity by making R&D findings available and useful to DOE researchers and the public.
"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
? Isaac Newton 1676
Profound implications for everyone in the information business.Pace of Scientific Discovery
Vertical Axis = the pace of discovery
Horizontal Axis = the %, from zero to 100, of R&D funding for sharing scientific knowledge.
Pace of Scientific Discovery
Percentage of R&D Funding for Sharing of Scientific Knowledge at 0%.
If there were no sharing, there would be no progress.
Pace of Scientific Discovery
Percentage of R&D Funding for Sharing of Scientific Knowledge at 100%.
If all resources went to sharing, there would be no resources for research itself, and no progress.
Pace of Scientific Discovery
Decision makers affect the pace of discovery when they determine the fraction of R&D funding dedicated to sharing.
Optimum Sharing is between 0% and 100%.
Concept introduced by OSTI Director, Walt Warnick, June 2006, Bethesda, Maryland
Bilateral U.S.(DOE)/U.K. (British Library) partnership, January 2007, London
Demonstration of first prototype, June 2007, Nancy, France
Multilateral governance structure WorldWideScience Alliance, established June 2008, Seoul
Dr. Jan Brase, German National Library of Science and Technology
Common ingredient: International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI)