NSF’s Public Access InitiativePSP 2016 Annual Conference

Washington, DC

Amy Friedlander

Deputy Division Director

Division of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure

Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering

afriedla@nsf.gov

February 4, 2016

Image Credit: Exploratorium.

Overview

Introduction to NSF

NSF Public Access Repository (NSF-PAR)

Next steps and what you can do

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Public Access and Data

OSTP memo (2/22/2013) requires access to results of federally funded research, including journal publications and digital scientific data

• Objectives for digital scientific data met by a data management plan

NSF’s public access plan (NSF 15-52) calls for a federated architecture that:

• Builds on the existing DMP requirement

• Accommodates the heterogeneity of NSF-funded research cultures and outputs

• Leverages distributed infrastructure capabilities, resources, and services

Management of publications becomes a “special case” of a larger challenge

Requirements: Public Access Repository

Provide public access to journal, juried conference papers

Minimize burden on PIs, NSF staff

Phased approach, beginning with publications reported during the

period of the award

Leverage existing systems and workflows:

• Extensions to internal proposal and award management systems

(research.gov; e-Jacket; Award Search; etc.)

• External systems

• DOE/OSTI infrastructure for publications

• Publisher/library services, e.g., CrossRef

• Potentially others (federated system engaging other Federal

agencies, academic libraries, and publishers)

Extensible to other products of NSF-funded research

Minimize cost

deposit,report

review

searchNSF PAR

archived papersmetadata

PI

NSF PD

research.gov

eJacket

fastlane.nsf.govpar.nsf.gov

public

NSF Public Access Repository (PAR)

Serving PIs, NSF PDs, publicDeveloped with DOE/OSTI

NSF PARarchived papers

metadata

NSF-PAR: public search

public

search

Results (List)

Publisher Version of Record

From http://par.nsf.gov/ the public can:

search previously submitted publications

access publisher’s page from DOI link

access a copy of journal or juried conference paper

(formatted in PDF/A standard)

NSF-PAR: public search

NSF PARarchived papers

metadata

PI

NSF-PAR: PI deposit, report

1. Log into research.govusing NSF credentials (single sign-on)

2. Input DOI (optional), or manuscript info

3. link to NSF award

4. upload manuscript

metadata manuscript

CrossRef

Publisher Data

PI Views Publication Information in RPPR

Publications are automatically included into the project

reports. PIs are able to view the DOI, articles and

papers deposited in NSF-PAR and view the full

publication text and citation details

NSF PARarchived papers

metadata

NSF-PAR: PD review

• View/approve project reports• View Manuscripts• Search publications for NSF award

eJacket

NSF PD

To deposit the publication in the NSF Public

Access Repository (NSF-PAR), the PI/co-PI

will need to have :

Research.gov credentials

Award ID (a list will be automatically provided)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

A copy of the journal or juried conference paper

(formatted in the PDF/A standard)

The architecture is extensible. . .and

community driven

Objects

• Identifiers

• Metadata

Repository/ies

• Distributed or centralized architecture

• Standards

Linked by the network

Challenges and next steps

Publications• Monitor the system in production, FY16-17

• Expand to additional Federal partners, c. FY17-19

More types• Juried conference papers

• White papers

• Curricula, educational video

Develop the communities – 14 awards in FY14-15• COPDESS – an early success

Data infrastructure• Large or instrumented facilities

• Aggregation of small or legacy collections

• Observational/reformatted data

• Simulation

• Cloud architectures

What can you do?

Move toward an identifier world

• DOIs for publications and other forms of

communication

• ORCID

Consistent, quality metadata (similar to CIP)