A new online research service “ReaD&Researchmap” was officially launched in November 2011 as a result of full integration of the “ReaD”, Directory Database of Research and Development Activities provided by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), and the “Researchmap” provided by the Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS). This article overviews how research information and resources were collected and used meeting the needs of the age with the technology available at that time, and it also presents some suggestions on how to develop a research information ecosystem (a recycle-based research information platform) in the born-digital age.