It looks modern but its value proposition isn't clear. To experienced social graph cruisers it doesn't offer anything not already available. To inexperienced users it will probably be mystifying. Bookmarks? (I have them) Groups? (what, more discussion) Tools? (what tools!) Tags? (name tags?)
I went over to the Groups section (a rather motley collection - what would the 'testing' group be about? The focus says it's about...testing) and opened Library and Information Science Research News. But there's no news. The first item in the default view is a book review in a 1980 journal of:
Information societies: Comparing the Japanese and American experiences by Alex S. Edelstein, John E. Bowes, and Sheldon M. Harsel International Communication Center, School of Communications, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1979, 298 pp
And when I try to read the review I see the point of 2collab - it's Web 2.0 lipstick on Science Direct and it will cost $30 to read this review. (As a search of Google indicates, sections of the book are freely available)
Bottom line - pre-populated with Science Direct content, 2collab will need to rapidly grow beyond its current state. But with a range of more mature tools already in use it's hard to see why it will grow - unless there is a free Science Direct subscription to everyone who contributes 100 or so links (hint hint). In comparison, Elsevier's WiserWiki looks a much more interesting proposition.
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