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This talk focuses on three new initiatives from Nature Publishing Group (NPG). Over the past year, NPG has launched a number of scientific blogs, some more popular than others. Whilst blogs are simple to create, it is important to know what you want to achieve and what your community needs. Journal Club highlights the best research, identified by our readers, and through audience participation, recommendations can be ranked and discussed. Nature Protocols is an interactive resource for laboratory protocols for bench researchers. Protocols are presented in a 'recipe' style providing step-by-step descriptions, which readers can immediately apply to their own research.

This presentation introduces each of these new projects and discusses the benefits and challenges of launching web tools that rely on user contributions.