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Lynn DavisProgram Liaison, MLS
DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
Lance Vowel lProgram Manager
Contractor to DOE/OSTIInformation International
Associates (IIa)
@L_Vowell
@ Ly n n J D
# G L 1 3 S c i e n c e F o r u m s
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BACKGROUND
Motivation/JustificationHypothesis that Web 2.0 technologies can promote:
Collaboration
Information exchange Global networking among
scientists (peer-to-peer)
Scientific discovery and innovation
BACKGROUND
We believed that scientific researchers would want to collaborate in a different manner than that provided by the typical social network such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Second Life or Twitter
We also wanted the system to support a broad range of both published and grey information types such as technical reports, theses, research notes, research papers in progress
Motivation/Justification (cont’d.)
PHASE I
Primary GoalSpeed the diffusion of scientific knowledge by enabling
improved web 2.0 communications among scientific and research communities.
Ease implementation of peer-to-peer communications
Enable informal content creation of both comments and discussion
Create formal published and grey literature
Provide mechanisms to access, import, share, view, and cite other published and grey literature
PHASE I
Other Potential Benefits Facilitate retrieval of scientific
and technical information by librarians and other informationprofessionals
Apply concept to traditional government research agencies, universities, pharmaceutical companies, and all organizations involved in scientific research
User/Subject Matter Expert Input Sought
Interviewed hand-selectedFocus Group
Identified larger group to provide periodic feedback
PHASE I
Major Focus Areas
During 3 years of research:
Determined high-level requirements for system Simplicity and ease of use Information security
Conducted survey of commercial off-the-shelf/open source systems
Produced prototype for evaluation
PHASE I
Prototype Development Noted considerable change in landscape of
peer-to-peer collaboration between Phase I
and Phase II surveys
Determined significant number of shareware or open source products were highly customizable and would meet many of the project requirements out-of-the-box
PHASE II
PHASE II
Technology
Platform: Considered Ning, Drupal, Mambo, Joomla!, Taverna and SupportMaster; Drupal was chosen
PHASE II
Technology (cont’d.)
Web-based content management system: Research and development led to building a system to enable self-forming groups, where researchers can create usefulweb-based communities around scientific topics of interest to those groups
PHASE II
Technology (cont’d.)
Open Access Standards: Chosen to import documents to the Library sincea primary function of the system is a repository (library) for scientific research information
PHASE II
Beta
“Science-Forums.net”: The name given the website and system bythe Project Team
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Welcome: Building forums for scientific discoveryWelcome: Building forums for scientific discovery
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Lynn DavisProgram Liaison, MLS
DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
(865) 241-6435Dav isL@ost i .gov
Lance Vowel lProgram Manager
Contractor to DOE/OSTIInformation International
Associates (IIa)
(865) 576-2087Vowel lL@ost i .gov
Tweet Commentsor Quest ions:
@L_Vowell
@LynnJD
#GL13ScienceForums
#GL13conf