1. Web 2.0, the Open Access Movement, and Research Cycle Chem 300: Fall 2008

2. Traditional Research/Publication Cycle Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources Benefits – authority, credibility, accuracy Issues – can be a slow – inflexible process – $$$ How is the research/publication cycle changing with technology?

3. Rising costs of creating, disseminating and preserving information Journals/Databases $$$ Library Consortia – CSU SEIR What is an open access journal? – Allows users to "read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles (BOAI, 2001)" E-Journals Free Chemical Databases Open Access Repository – HarvardHarvard

4. Web 2.0 What is it? Participatory web design, dynamic Social networking sites, photo/video sharing sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies Web 2.0…The Machine is Us/ing Us Benefits/Issues?

5. Chemistry Communication 1.RSS feeds 2.Newsgroups, Social Networking Groups – Google Groups – sci.chem., Facebook Google Groups 3.Blogs – Useful Chemistry Useful Chemistry – Blog-Based Peer Review Blog-Based Peer Review 4.Wikis – CHEMINFO CHEMINFO – Medpedia Medpedia