February 01, 2007
British Library and U.S. Department of Energy Collaborate on Global Science Gateway
British Library and the U.S. Department of Energy announce a collaboration on global science gateway.
Called ‘Science.world,’ the planned resource would be available for use by scientists in all nations and by anyone interested in science. The approach will capitalise on existing technology to search vast collections of science information distributed across the globe, enabling much-needed access to smaller, less well-known sources of highly valuable science. Following the model of Science.gov, the U.S. interagency science portal that relies on content published by each participating agency, ‘Science.world’ will rely on scientific resources published by each participating nation. Other countries have been invited to participate in this international effort.One may ask why the U.S. Department of Energy is taking a lead role. The Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) has extensive experience in offering searching of distributed, deep web databases, having played a central role in the development of Science.gov, the U.S. government’s one-stop searchable portal to major science databases of federal science agencies.
[VIA: Open Access News, Peter Suber, January 26, 2007]
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