British Library and US Department of Energy to collaborate on global science gateway

Dr. Raymond L. Orbach, Under Secretary for Science of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has signed an agreement with Lynne Brindley, Chief Executive of the British Library, to collaborate on the development of a global science gateway. The gateway would eventually make science information resources of many nations accessible via a single Internet portal. Called Science.world, the planned resource would be available for use by scientists in all nations and by anyone interested in science