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"it is the commercial sector that is testing the possibilities. Elsevier announced at the American Library Association meeting in June 2007 that the search engine, Scirus, would launch topic pages created and edited by scientists in the hope of fostering the development of a collaborative environment of shared knowledge. Nature Publishing Group has fostered the development of regional social nets such as Nature Network Boston and Nature Network London. But I think it will be very important to watch these initiatives to see if this direction is one that researchers and professionals find useful."