Amy Friedlander's presentation to the PSP annual conference, February 2016. The topic is compliance with regulations concerning publishing the results of government-funded research.

1. NSF’s Public Access Initiative
PSP 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.

2. Overview
 Introduction to NSF
 NSF Public Access Repository (NSF-PAR)
 Next steps and what you can do

3. February, 2016 National Science Foundation 3

4. 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

5. 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

6. deposit,
report
review
search
NSF PAR
archived papers
metadata
PI
NSF PD
research.gov
eJacket
fastlane.nsf.gov
par.nsf.gov
public
NSF Public Access Repository (PAR)
Serving PIs, NSF PDs, public
Developed with DOE/OSTI

7. NSF PAR
archived papers
metadata
NSF-PAR: public search
public
search
Results
(List)
Publisher Version of
Record

8. 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

9. NSF PAR
archived papers
metadata
PI
NSF-PAR: PI deposit, report
1. Log into
research.gov
using 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

10. 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

11. NSF PAR
archived papers
metadata
NSF-PAR: PD review
• View/approve project reports
• View Manuscripts
• Search publications for NSF award
eJacket
NSF PD

12. 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)

13. The architecture is extensible. . .and
community driven
 Objects
• Identifiers
• Metadata
 Repository/ies
• Distributed or centralized architecture
• Standards
 Linked by the network

14. 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

15. What can you do?
 Move toward an identifier world
• DOIs for publications and other forms of
communication
• ORCID
 Consistent, quality metadata (similar to CIP)