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What is your responsibility as a SLAC Author?

As a SLAC employee you are required to register and submit your scientific and technical information (STI) documents to SciDoc. This simple process consists of ensuring that the properDepartment of Energy (DOE) acknowledgement appears on the document (see table below), obtaining a SLAC document number, and submitting a preprint version of the paper to SciDoc.

A FACET, NLCTA, ESTB or ASTA publication is also considered a SLAC document when any of the authors meet the following criteria.

SLAC Author Type

Definition

DOE Acknowledgement

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SLAC Employee Paid by SLAC or in any way receiving funding from SLAC while performing work. This work performed [in part] under DOE Contract DE-AC02-76SF00515 [and any other funding agencies].
SLAC User User or collaborator paid by another institution who uses SLAC resources (including office space, computer equipment, personnel, etc.) when writing  their scientific and technical documents (unless otherwise stated in their User Agreement). This work performed [in part] under DOE Contract DE-AC02-76SF00515 [and any other funding agencies].
Student Writes papers or bases their thesis on FACET NLCTA, ESTB or ASTA work while here at SLAC or under the direction of a SLAC/FACET and Test Facilities advisor. This work performed [in part] under DOE Contract DE-AC02-76SF00515 [and any other funding agencies].


What is your responsibliity as a FACET, NLCTA, ESTB or ASTA Author?

As an author or co-author of a publication resulting from work you completed at FACET, NLCTA, ESTB or ASTA, you are also required to adhere to the publication guidelines documented in your User Agreement, the FACET FAQ, or the AD Publication Policy and Guidelines as detailed in the following table.  

Authorship Requirement Guidelines/Policy Documents
User (Principal or Lead Author)
No SLAC Authors
Where no SLAC contract funding is expended in the development of the written work, it is the responsiblity of the principal author to follow publication guidelines as stipulated in their User Agreement. User Agreement
SciDoc, FACET Author Guide
User (Principal or Lead Author)
with SLAC Co-Authors
It is the responsiblity of the principal author to ensure that SLAC, SLAC personnel and the SLAC contract are appropriately acknowledged and final draft publication submitted to SciDoc. User Agreement
SciDoc, FACET Author Guide
FACET FAQ
SLAC AD (Principal or Lead Author)
Accelerator Division

SciDoc - All Accelerator Division (AD) publications must have a SLAC publication number. It is the primary author's responsibility to request a publication number and upload the final draft of the publication to SciDoc.

Review and Approval - It is the responsiblity of the principal author to submit the paper for review to their division prior to publication.

AD Publication Policy and Guidelines
SciDoc, FACET Author Guide



Exceptions

As a rare exception, for non-SLAC employee members or affiliates of FACET and Test Facilities that reference a SLAC employee's contribution in the author list or in the acknowledgements, but strongly believe that the document does not represent work done at SLAC or using SLAC resources, a SLAC document number may not be required. Exceptions should be routed through the FACET and Test Facilities User Manager.