A lot has happened since scholarly journals made their way onto the web, about two decades ago. Increasingly the research process, not just research communication, is web-based. Articles, books are no longer the only objects relevant to research communication. Objects created and used as part of the research endeavor do not have the same sense of fixity that traditional publications had. And, machines are joining humans as creators and consumers of research objects. The presentation will observe these ongoing changes and will explore some of the possible consequences for networked, digital research communication.