There is a critical need for a better means to bring research and
education closer together. There are several difficulties that
global science face. Science has expanded at a furious pace, with
this our scientific focus has to narrow because of the outpouring of
knowledge. This greatly
impacts the teaching of science as it is virtually impossible to
stay on top of 2 topics let alone 30.
The knowledge supply chain from the lab to the classroom in
many disciplines is broken with knowledge taking years to wend its
way from data collection to the lecture hall. Developing countries
fall further and further behind as the price of the journals have
skyrocketed and access becomes limited.
Scientists have always wanted to share their knowledge, now
we have the chance. The
Library of Alexandria should be the center as it has been the
pinnacle of mans/woman’s
knowledge.
