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

CENDIFederal STI Managers’ Group

CENDIFederal STI Managers’ Group

January 31, 2012January 31, 2012

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

• 12 member agencies from organizations that manage over 97% of the Federal R&D budget

• Two formalized partnershipso ICSTIo 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

• Continued Development of the Grand Challenge: i-Science2Jobs

• Value and Impact of Scientific Data and Information Management

• Continued Development of Connections with Policy Leaders and Initiatives

• Repositories as part of STI Knowledge Infrastructure

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CENDI Interests in Data and Information Policy

CENDI Interests in Data and Information Policy

CENDI Grand ChallengeCENDI Grand Challengei-Science2Jobsi-Science2Jobs

• Vision Vision

• Science.gov platform Science.gov platform

• Buy-in with related Communities of Buy-in with related Communities of PracticePractice

• Increase visibilityIncrease visibility

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Value and Impact of Scientific Value and Impact of Scientific DataData

• Pursuing the Value Proposition for CENDI Pursuing the Value Proposition for CENDI members and our programsmembers and our programs

• Involving other Communities of Practice in the Involving other Communities of Practice in the information value chaininformation value chain– Tech TransferTech Transfer– StarMetricsStarMetrics

• Opportunity with BRDI to use forum results as Opportunity with BRDI to use forum results as input for future meeting to explore metrics input for future meeting to explore metrics and impactsand impacts

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Connections with Policy Leaders Connections with Policy Leaders and Initiativesand Initiatives

• National Science Board Task Force on National Science Board Task Force on Scientific DataScientific Data

• NSF/NITRD, NIST National Computer NSF/NITRD, NIST National Computer LaboratoryLaboratory

• Office of Science and Technology Policy Office of Science and Technology Policy Interagency Working GroupsInteragency Working Groups

• Invitation to new Federal CIO Invitation to new Federal CIO

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Repositories as Part of STI Repositories as Part of STI Knowledge InfrastructureKnowledge Infrastructure

• Repositories in Science and Technology: Preserving Access to Repositories in Science and Technology: Preserving Access to the Record of Science workshop held November, 2011the Record of Science workshop held November, 2011

• Sold out successful workshopSold out successful workshop• Examples of different business models for repositories: data and Examples of different business models for repositories: data and

text, institutional and disciplinary, government supported and text, institutional and disciplinary, government supported and private sectorprivate sector

• Possible outcome was a social media discussion about:Possible outcome was a social media discussion about:• Interest to continue inter-sector cooperation in repository Interest to continue inter-sector cooperation in repository

developmentdevelopment• NIST proposal for repository interoperability standardsNIST proposal for repository interoperability standards

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

(lisa.weber@nara.gov)

• CENDI Co-Chair: Jerry Sheehan/NLM(SheehanJR@nlm.nih.gov)

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

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For More CENDI InformationFor More CENDI Information

Additional Information about Additional Information about CENDI CENDI

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• 12 Federal Government agencies

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

CENDI MEMBERSCENDI MEMBERS

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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))

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• Internships and fellowships section made searchable

• Image search

• New databases added• Library Journal named Science.gov

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

Worldwidescience.org

       

• Annual source queries exceed 44M   

• 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