The document discusses the potential impact of future changes in digital scholarship on marine biodiversity research. It notes that current scholarly communication occurs too slowly, reaches too few people, and costs too much. Open access publishing could help address some of these issues by providing free, online access to research. Examples are given of how digital tools and open data sharing could help broaden scientific awareness, integrate data and literature, and leverage open access research to find areas for further study. The author encourages attendees to consider how their own fields could take advantage of new digital scholarship opportunities.