WorldWideScience.org Alliance


Brian A. Hitson

Associate Director
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
U.S. Department of Energy

Slide 1: WorldWideScience.org Bringing Light to Grey . Link to larger image. WorldWideScience.org
Bringing Light to Grey

Associate Director
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
U.S. Department of Energy

Introduction

Opening Remarks

Slide 2: What is "Grey" What is Grey? Link to larger image.

  • Wikipedia: "…a body of materials that cannot be found easily through conventional channels such as publishers… "
  • " … information that is not searchable or accessible through conventional search engines or subject directories and is not generally produced by commercial publishing organisations." (National Library of Australia)
  • Webster's Dictionary: "An achromatic colour between the extremes of black and white."
Defining grey literature - examples



Slide 3: "Between the extremes of black and white"

Between the extremes of black and white. Link to larger image.
  • published journals
  • books
  • professional society conference proceedings
  • preprints
  • e-prints
  • technical reports lectures
  • numeric data sets
  • audio/visual media
  • blogs
  • fora, etc.
  • ideas
  • concepts
  • thought

Grey = Deep

Grey literature also used to describe "deep web".

Slide 4: Two Key Challenges of the "Deep"

Two Key Challenges of the Deep. Link to larger image.

1. What you don't know can hurt you (or, at least, it could help you).

Challenges of grey literature.

Expand on: storage/preservation issues, accessibility, and exponential growth

Slide 5: Two Key Challenges of the "Deep"

Two Key Challenges of the Deep. Link to larger image.

2. Time = money and delayed progress.

Challenges of grey literature.

Expand on: storage/preservation issues, accessibility, and exponential growth

Slide 6: Overcoming Challenges of the "Deep"

Overcoming Challenges of the Deep. Link to larger image.

Federated search drills down to the deep web where scientific databases reside

Surface Web

Deep Web Databases

First Deep Web Search Engine: Science.gov

How federated searching enables better access to grey literature

Slide 7: Prominent Deep Web Search Engines

Prominent Deep Web Search Engines. Link to larger image.
  • Science.gov
  • ScienceAccelerator.gov
  • E-print Network
  • Science Conference Proceedings
  • Federal R&D Project Summaries

Slide 8: WorldWideScience.org – makes grey literature from around the world available Background/history of WWS.


WorldWideScience.org – makes grey literature from around the world available Background/history of WWS. Link to larger image.





Slide 9: WorldWideScience.org Databases/Portals

WorldWideScience.org Databases/Portals. Link to larger image.





Slide 10: WorldWideScience.org History

WorldWideScience.org History. Link to larger image.
  • Concept introduced by OSTI Director, Walt Warnick, June 2006, Bethesda, Maryland
  • Bilateral U.S.(DOE)/U.K. (British Library) partnership, January 2007, London




Slide 11: WorldWideScience.org History Continued

WorldWideScience.org History Continued. Link to larger image.
  • Demonstration of first prototype, June 2007, Nancy, France
  • Multilateral governance structure, WorldWideScience Alliance, established, June 2008, Seoul
  • Common ingredient: International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI)


Slide 12: WorldWideScience.org Facts and Figures


WorldWideScience.org Facts and Figures. Link to larger image.
  • Searches 49 science databases and portals sponsored by governments and national institutions in 54 countries
  • Covers scientific literature from over three-fourths of the world's population
  • Includes a vast quantity of science (over 375 million pages), much of which is grey literature



Slide 13: WorldWideScience Search Results

WorldWideScience Search Results. Link to larger image.




Slide 14: ETDEWEB Bibliographic Citation




ETDEWEB Bibliographic Citation. Link to larger image.







Slide 15: OpenSIGLE, System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe

OpenSIGLE, System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe. Link to larger image.








Slide 16: Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA-UiB)

Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA-UiB). Link to larger image.







Slide 17: CSIR Research Space (CSIR)

CSIR Research Space (CSIR). Link to larger image.

 




Slide 18: Journal of Agriculture and Environment, Vol 8 (2007)

Journal of Agriculture and Environment, Vol 8 (2007). Link to larger image.







Slide 19: Australian Digital Theses Program (ADT)

Australian Digital Theses Program (ADT). Link to larger image.








Slide 20: What’s Next for WWS.org?

What’s Next for WWS.org? Link to larger image.
  • Overcoming scalability issues
  • Offering alerts service
  • Searching multilingual sources


Slide 21: Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM)

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM). Link to larger image.









Slide 22: ICSTI Technical Projects

ICSTI Technical Projects. Link to larger image.
  • Numeric Data
  • Multimedia
  • Web 2.0




Slide 23: Conclusions

Conclusions. Link to larger image.

Grey is…

  • Global
  • Growing
  • Good… for science
    medicine
    technology