STI PRODUCT TYPE FACTSHEET FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AWARDEES/GRANTEES:

Conference Paper/Presentation or Proceedings

ABOUT STI

In the course of performing research and development (R&D) and other scientific and technological work, researchers funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) produce scientific and technical information (STI) to document and disseminate their findings.

STI includes products such as journal articles, technical reports, conference presentations, books, and more. Through the Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP), the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) collaborates with people across the DOE complex, including Headquarters programs, field offices, national laboratories, and other facilities. The STIP partnership ensures that the results of DOE-funded work are identified, disseminated, and preserved. Thus, OSTI collects STI produced across the DOE laboratory and facility complex as well as from financial assistance recipients.

DEFINITION

A conference paper/presentation or proceedings is a type of scientific and technical information (STI) product from a conference, symposium, lecture, or similar event. Individual papers and presentations are those presented at an event by an individual whose work was sponsored by DOE, while a conference proceedings is the compilation of a group of papers from a conference, workshop, seminar, etc., typically prepared at the request of a DOE program that sponsored work in the area covered by the conference. Papers and proceedings are typically PDF documents, while presentations may be PowerPoint slides, posters, or videos. [See also the fact sheet for “Videos”].

SUBMISSIONS

Submission of conference papers/presentations or proceedings is done through the DOE E-Link System (https://www.osti.gov/elink/), per instructions provided in the award package and the Federal Assistance Reporting Requirements Checklist (DOE F 4600.2).

Recipients are encouraged to submit scientific and technical conference papers/presentations when they are the primary means by which certain research results are disseminated or if they contain research results not already announced to DOE in technical reports, accepted journal articles, or other STI. Through E-Link, the metadata/citation information is provided, and the item is uploaded in searchable PDF format. If the item has been commercially published (within conference proceedings, for example), then only metadata and availability information may be submitted, if copyright restrictions are imposed on the product. Questions related to E-Link may also be sent to elink_Helpdesk@osti.gov.

STI AVAILABILITY

OSTI.GOV is the primary search tool for DOE science, technology, and engineering research and development results and the organizational hub for information about the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information.

OSTI.GOV makes discoverable over 70 years of research results from DOE and its predecessor agencies. Research results include journal articles/accepted manuscripts and related

metadata; technical reports; scientific research datasets and collections; scientific software; patents; conference and workshop papers; books and theses; and multimedia. OSTI.GOV provides access to this DOE STI by offering numerous easy-to-use search capabilities and customization options; and for the DOE community, additional citation information is available to help researchers evaluate article impact and find related research.

DOE ScienceCinema (https://www.osti.gov/sciencecinema) includes more than 3,900 multimedia scientific videos from DOE national laboratories, other DOE research Facilities and CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) and makes them searchable using Watson speech-recognition search technology. The ability to search and "jump to" the spoken words in a video that may be an hour or longer is a unique, added value.

OSTI.GOV and DOE ScienceCinema are included in the Federal science portal Science.gov. Hosted by OSTI, Science.gov offers free access to research and development (R&D) results and scientific and technical information from more than 60 databases from scientific organizations across 13 federal agencies.

OSTI also works in close collaboration with Google and others, using Sitemap Protocols and other information industry standards to facilitate the discovery of DOE STI through widely used search engines.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/CONTACTS

The STIP website at https://www.osti.gov/stip/

OSTI staff will respond to questions/suggestions sent to stip@osti.gov

Questions related to E-Link may also be sent to elink_Helpdesk@osti.gov