DOE database workshop January 25 - 2010

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Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 12:34 PM

Note that seating is limited. If interested, contact Bonnie Smith right away at 273-2603 to sign up. Pre-registration IS required.

US Department of Energy Database Workshop - 9:00am-12:00pm on January 25, 2010 - University of Florida, Library West, Room 211

Tim Byrne with the Office of Scientific and Technical Information for the US Department of Energy will be leading a three-hour
hands-on workshop on the UD Department of Energy resources.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) produces a number of databases and federated
search products for accessing scientific and technical information. The databases contain the research reports done by employees,
contractors and grantees of the Department of Energy and its predecessor agencies, the Atomic Energy Commission and the Energy
Research and Development Administration, as well as other energy related information. These databases include the Information
Bridge, Energy Citations Database, DOepatents, DOE R&D Accomplishments, and DOE R&D Project Summaries.

OSTI is also a leader in the development of federated search tools to provide access to scientific databases inaccessible to
internet search engines. Three such products that search various scientific databases and repositories in support of DOE research
are the E-Print Network, Science Conference Proceedings, and EnergyFiles. Federated search tools that cover federal science
agencies include Science.gov and Federal R&D Project Summaries. WorldWideScience.org provides access to scientific and technical
information from over sixty foreign countries.

Two OSTI products that provide access to federal government science education material are ScienceLab and the recently launched
ScienceEducation.gov.

This workshop will introduce participants to all of these resources. Some of the products will receive more detailed coverage in
terms of how to achieve the best search results.

Tim Byrne has been with the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information in Oak Ridge, Tennessee since
November 2007. Prior to that time, he gained a great deal of experience with OSTI databases and DOE technical reports during 23
years at the University of Colorado at Boulder where he was the Head of the Government Publications Library and Regional Depository
Librarian. The CU Government Publications Library contains one of the largest technical report collections in the country. Over
the years, he has made numerous presentations at national and state conferences on issues relating to government information,
federal depository libraries and technical reports. Topics have included digitization, permanent public access of electronic
documents, training of non-depository librarians, depository library basics, regional depositories, and cataloging of government
publications.