Initiatives
In 2008, NTIS recognized the need to provide subscription-based access to the collection using an online platform. In April 2009, the National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) was introduced which offered convenient and cost-effective access to the collection to subscribers worldwide.
Building upon the success of the NTRL, in early 2012 NTIS introduced a beta release of the new NTRL Repository Version 3.0 which uses the open-source platform Fedora which provides a flexible, overarching repository solution. The new NTRL V3.0 is the first of several respositories planned for introduction under the new Federal Science Repository Service (FSRS).
The FSRS was created to assist government agencies with the preservation of collections consisting of scientific and technical reports, images, videos and other content which represents the mission of an agency or other institution. The FSRS provides a supporting infrastructure, long-term storage, security, interface design, content management and operational expertise. An agency can utilize this entire service or select components, resulting in the design of an agency-specific Repository that serves as a distinct gateway to its content.
NTIS has been working with Public.Resource.Org to digitize videos and to post these on YouTube.
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