TY - JOUR
T1 - Adoption and Use of Web 2.0 in Scholarly Communications
AU - Procter, Rob
AU - Williams, Robin
AU - Stewart, James
AU - Poschen, Meik
AU - Snee, Helene
AU - Voss, Alex
AU - Asgari-Targhi, Marzieh
PY - 2010/9/13
Y1 - 2010/9/13
N2 - Sharing research resources of different kinds, in new ways, and on an increasing scale, is a central element of the unfolding e-Research vision. Web 2.0 is seen as providing the technical platform to enable these new forms of scholarly communications. We report findings from a study of the use of Web 2.0 services by UK researchers and their use in novel forms of scholarly communication. We document the contours of adoption, the barriers and enablers, and the dynamics of innovation in Web services and scholarly practices. We conclude by considering the steps that different stakeholders might take to encourage greater experimentation and uptake
AB - Sharing research resources of different kinds, in new ways, and on an increasing scale, is a central element of the unfolding e-Research vision. Web 2.0 is seen as providing the technical platform to enable these new forms of scholarly communications. We report findings from a study of the use of Web 2.0 services by UK researchers and their use in novel forms of scholarly communication. We document the contours of adoption, the barriers and enablers, and the dynamics of innovation in Web services and scholarly practices. We conclude by considering the steps that different stakeholders might take to encourage greater experimentation and uptake
KW - Web 2.0
KW - scholarly communications
KW - collaboration
KW - open science
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77956932445&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1098/rsta.2010.0155
DO - 10.1098/rsta.2010.0155
M3 - Article
VL - 368
SP - 4039
EP - 4056
JO - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
JF - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
SN - 1364-503X
IS - 1926
ER -