(nytimes.com): Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes have not only invaded the classroom but have also become part of the class. ArXiv.org, which emerged in 1991 from Cornell University in New York, was one of the earliest applications of academic social networking. An open-source Internet platform, designed to be used by researchers as a communication tool, it revolutionized the way scientists shared findings before official publication in journals.
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