A new report on research carried out by DCC entitled "Open to All? Case studies of openness in research" is to be launched at an event at 4.40pm on 15 Sept 2010 at the Royal Society, 7 Carlton House Terrace, London. The event titled "Research and routes to innovation: Researchers’ use and exploitation of web based resources" also considers the findings from the recent RIN study If you build it, will they come? How researchers perceive and use web 2.0.
This study by the Manchester e-Research Centre and Edinburgh's Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation indicates that a majority of researchers are making at least occasional use of one or more web 2.0 tools or services for purposes related to their resea