Information International Associates
Location Description
Information International Associates (IIA) is a contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information (DOE OSTI). DOE OSTI, a unit of the Office of Science, fulfills agency-wide responsibilities to collect, preserve, and disseminate both unclassified and classified scientific and technical information (STI) emanating from DOE-funded research and development (R&D) activities at DOE national laboratories and facilities and at universities and other institutions nationwide. OSTI provides access to DOE STI through a suite of web-based, searchable discovery tools and through other commonly used search engines, offering ever-expanding sources of R&D information to DOE, the research community, and the science-attentive public.
As the information repository for DOE-funded STI, DOE OSTI has many of the same functions as a digital library. We have a team of information scientists focused on curating their extensive collection of DOE research results, including accepted manuscripts, technical reports, patents, and theses.
Practicum Work Mode
Remote
Semesters or Time Period Available
Fall 2021 and/or Spring 2022
Location
1 Science.gov Way
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
https://www.osti.gov/
Contact
Daphne Evans
Team Lead, Information Science and Quality Assurance
evansd@osti.gov
865-201-0245
Student Tasks
Contribute to the curation of metadata for various types of research products, including accepted manuscripts, technical reports, and patents.
Contribute to the curation of metadata for images extracted from research products.
Participate in various information science research projects as needed.
Review and contribute to the creation of collection curation guidance.
Various projects related to collection improvement.
Type of Mentoring Provided to the Student
The student will be mentored by multiple members of the information science team. Many of our team members are graduate of the program.
Student Interaction With Others at the Location
Currently, we are in full telework mode. We communicate frequently daily via Teams, Zoom, email, and phone. At some point, we may change to onsite, but that has not been decided yet. A practicum student would work very closely with the information science team.