2collab
Somehow I stumbled on 2collab, a new social bookmarking site for scholars. From the about page of their website:
2collab is a social bookmarking site where you can store and organize your favorite internet resources – such as blogs, websites, research articles, and more. Then, in private or public groups you can decide to share your bookmarks with others – stimulating debate and discussion. Members of groups can evaluate these resources (by rating bookmarks, tagging and adding comments), or add their own bookmarks. You can browse public groups and bookmarks, but must register (your name and email address) to access the full functionality – such as creating groups, adding comments, and adding bookmarks.
FWIW, I haven’t the faintest interest in this service. It’s a publishsr-led effort, with no obvious open source development model (e.g. it is not free software), and some worrying terms and conditions. I’d urge potential users and developers caution in supporting it. There are better alternatives. If you’re looking forward to the next generation of such tools designed by and for scholars rather than publishers, look for Zotero 2.0. If you’re looking for a social bookmarking site now look into CiteULike or Connotea.
