Presentation on 2collab a scientific social media tool to help researchers share and discuss relevant infromation and connect with each other in new and more efficient ways by benefiting from new research collaboration opportunities.
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2collab
Power research productivity through collaboration
Discover
new sources, people, groups, discussions
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Connect
identify new collaboration opportunities, specialists
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Share
privately with your research group, or with everyone
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Current use of social applications
Faculty of tomorrow (people currently aged 25-44, published 1-10 articles) are already
embracing social applications to aggregate and share scientific and technical
information
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It’s all about people and it’s about me
- Connect with users that
share same interests, who
participate in exciting
discussions, who
published or bookmarked
relevant articles for your
research
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research productivity …share
3 types of groups:
Open public group -
visible and open to
join for everyone
Closed public group
– visible and
permission based
joining
Private group - only
visible to invited
members
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2collab
Power research productivity through collaboration
Advance research via experts
• Increase visibility/
discoverability of own
published papers, express
and discuss current
interests
• Connect readers with
authors and vice versa
• A gateway to who’s citing
me and my papers
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Research 2.0 into the future
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Web 2.0 after the buzz
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Impact in the next 5 years?
In 5 years, over 50% of respondents see social applications playing a
key role in shaping nearly all aspects of research workflow
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The way up!
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Questions?
www.2collab.com
blog.2collab.com
Fabian Kersten
London Online - Web 2.0 After the Buzz
December 2008