3. It is one of the noblest duties
of a university to advance
knowledge and to diffuse it not
merely among those who can
attend the daily lectures but
far and wide.
~Daniel Coit Gilman
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4. the more knowledge circulates, the more it
weaves the bonds of solidarity and co-
responsibility
~ Pehn, 1999
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124425616@N01/962315433
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5. a practice with some tradition
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34698905@N00/3471304735
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6. the
printing press
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Printing3_Walk_of_Ideas_Berlin.JPG
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12. Knowledge is made to circulate, or, more
precisely, we are made to circulate
knowledge. Networks are an incentive to
bring minds together.
~ Pehn, 1999
http://www.flickr.com/photos/99771506@N00/5791228117
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13. Any technology tends to create a
new human environment...
Technological environments are
not merely passive containers of
people but are active processes
that reshape people and other
technologies alike.
~ M. Mcluhan, 1962
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the purpose of being in academia, doing research, being an academic! \n
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catalytic of a new form of knowledge diffusion \n
Universities have been publishers for at least as long as there has been moveable type.\ntwenty-three years later, in 1478, a commentary on the Apostle's Creed was printed at Oxford University. \n\n
have had a role in promoting discussion and scholarly knowledge \n
