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<h2 id="program-management">Program Management</h2> <p>The STI Program Office is funded by the NASA Chief Information Officer (CIO) in Washington, DC. The program, which is located at NASA's <a href="/facts/NASA_Langley_Research_Center/UrNAPV7g">Langley Research Center</a> in Hampton, Virginia, is charged to collect NASA STI, organize it into a database, ensure that it is preserved via the <a href="/facts/National_Archives_and_Records_Administration/WB8bwYVU">National Archives and Records Administration</a>, and release the STI via NASA portals or via other channels, such as science.gov<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> and USA.gov.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> The STI Program participates in the collaborative Open Government Initiative<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> and is a member of <a href="/facts/CENDI/orWexzAm">CENDI</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> which is a partnership of Federal STI managers. </p><p>The STI Program is a critical component in the worldwide activity of scientific and technical aerospace research and development. The program's charter exists so that NASA STI is promptly and widely released and available, and can be leveraged by NASA, U.S. businesses, government, the public and international entities. This allows NASA to comply with <a href="/facts/E-Gov/qX3n4Isv">e-Government</a> regulations.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="management-and-dissemination-of-sti">Management and Dissemination of STI</h2> <p>STI is collected from U.S. and international sources and then organized according to content prior to being added to the STI Repository<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> (formerly the NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)). The STI Repository is a world-class collection of STI that includes over 4 million metadata records and over 586K full-text documents.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> This database has two segments: The STI Repository for publicly available NASA STI, and registered content available by registration only to NASA civil servants, contractors, and grantees. </p> <h2 id="accessing-the-nasa-sti-program">Accessing the NASA STI Program</h2> <p>The STI website<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> provides products, services and tools to access and benefit from NASA STI. </p> <ul><li>Search NASA's public STI collections for reports, conference papers, proceedings, journal articles and other technical and peer-reviewed STI through the STI Repository (NTRS).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> The STI Repository has: <ul><li>More than 647,000 metadata records and full-text aerospace STI documents</li> <li>Over 4.3 million metadata records</li> <li>Over 586,000 full-text documents</li> <li>More than 2,500 videos</li> <li>Over 28,000 full-text documents from NASA's predecessor, <a href="/facts/NACA/xI8P4jTr">NACA</a></li></ul></li> <li>Locate publishing tools such as writing resources and style guides<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> as well as the NASA Thesaurus<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> and the NASA Scope and Subject Category Guide.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li> <li>Access the NASA STI Repository OpenAPI<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> along with API documentation and guidance.</li></ul> <h2 id="connecting-with-users">Connecting with Users</h2> <p>In addition to the STI website,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> the program uses social media to foster awareness of the program's activities and latest acquisitions. Presence includes <a href="/facts/Facebook/0IhXFR6u">Facebook</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Twitter/VWwDNGUm">Twitter</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> and <a href="/facts/YouTube/db276jst">YouTube</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <p><a href="https://www.sti.nasa.gov/">NASA STI homepage</a> </p><p><a href="https://ws-dl.blogspot.com/2024/06/2024-06-06-30-years-of-nasa-technical.html">30 Years of the NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS): 1994--2024</a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>The NASA STI Program <a href="https://www.sti.nasa.gov/what-is-the-nasa-sti-program/" target="_blank">https://www.sti.nasa.gov/what-is-the-nasa-sti-program/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>NASA Space Act of 1958 (Amended) <a href="https://history.nasa.gov/spaceact-legishistory.pdf" target="_blank">https://history.nasa.gov/spaceact-legishistory.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>science.gov website <a href="https://www.science.gov/" target="_blank">https://www.science.gov/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>USA.gov website <a href="https://www.usa.gov/" target="_blank">https://www.usa.gov/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Open Government at NASA". 12 May 2021. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/open" target="_blank">https://www.nasa.gov/open</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>CENDI website <a href="https://www.cendi.gov/" target="_blank">https://www.cendi.gov/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>e-Government regulations <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/" target="_blank">https://www.regulations.gov/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>The STI Repository (NTRS) <a href="https://ntrs.nasa.gov/" target="_blank">https://ntrs.nasa.gov/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>The NASA STI Program <a href="https://www.sti.nasa.gov/what-is-the-nasa-sti-program/" target="_blank">https://www.sti.nasa.gov/what-is-the-nasa-sti-program/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>STI website <a href="https://www.sti.nasa.gov/" target="_blank">https://www.sti.nasa.gov/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>The STI Repository (NTRS) <a href="https://ntrs.nasa.gov/" target="_blank">https://ntrs.nasa.gov/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Writing Resources and Style Guides <a href="https://sti.nasa.gov/writing-resources-and-style-guides/" target="_blank">https://sti.nasa.gov/writing-resources-and-style-guides/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>NASA Thesaurus <a href="https://sti.nasa.gov/nasa-thesaurus/" target="_blank">https://sti.nasa.gov/nasa-thesaurus/</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>For STI Publishers and Authors <a href="https://sti.nasa.gov/for-sti-publishers/" target="_blank">https://sti.nasa.gov/for-sti-publishers/</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Harvesting Data from the NASA STI Repository (NTRS) <a href="https://sti.nasa.gov/harvesting-data-from-ntrs/" target="_blank">https://sti.nasa.gov/harvesting-data-from-ntrs/</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>STI website <a href="https://www.sti.nasa.gov/" target="_blank">https://www.sti.nasa.gov/</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>"NASA STI Program Facebook page". Facebook. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NASA.STI.Program" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/NASA.STI.Program</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>"NASA STI Twitter page". <a href="https://twitter.com/nasa_sti" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/nasa_sti</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>"NASA STI YouTube Channel". YouTube. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/nasacasi" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/nasacasi</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>