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The Applied Science Commons initiative curates, indexes, and preserves unique, practical, high-impact STEM research from organizations on the frontlines that typically don't publish their findings in books or journals. It identifies, enriches, and organizes nontraditional materials such as websites, reports, case studies, technical documents, and social media, making them as easy to find, use, and cite as journal articles. All items are enriched with Content Object Identifiers (COIs), MARC records, and metadata tools such as tagging and categorization, to ensure ease of citation, tracking, and integration into academic workflows. This curated content provides actionable insights and recommendations, often well in advance of traditional book or journal publication, delivering millions of items that would not otherwise become part of the scholarly record. The publisher's preservation efforts aim to ensure that the content doesn't disappear.