Editing Printing (section)

=== Educational impact ===
Gutenberg's printing press had profound impacts on universities as well. Universities were influenced in their "language of scholarship, libraries, curriculum, [and] pedagogy"<ref name="Modie-2014">{{Cite journal |last=Modie |first=G |date=2014 |title=Gutenberg's Effects on Universities |journal=History of Education |volume=43 |issue=4 |page=17 |doi=10.1080/0046760X.2014.930186 |s2cid=145093891|url=https://rmit-researchmanagement.esploro.exlibrisgroup.com/view/delivery/61RMIT_INST/12247059320001341/13248394600001341}}</ref>

==== The language of scholarship ====
Before the invention of the printing press, most written material was in Latin. However, after the invention of printing the number of books printed expanded as well as the vernacular. Latin was not replaced completely, but remained an international language until the eighteenth century.<ref name="Modie-2014" />

==== University libraries ====
At this time, universities began establishing accompanying libraries. "Cambridge made the chaplain responsible for the library in the fifteenth century but this position was abolished in 1570 and in 1577 Cambridge established the new office of university librarian. Although, the University of Leuven did not see a need for a university library based on the idea that professor were the library. Libraries also began receiving so many books from gifts and purchases that they began to run out of room. However, the issue was solved in 1589 by a man named Merton who decided books should be stored on horizontal shelves rather than [[Lectern|lecterns]].<ref name="Modie-2014" />

==== Curriculum ====
The printed press changed university libraries in many ways. Professors were finally able to compare the opinions of different authors rather than being forced to look at only one or two specific authors. Textbooks themselves were also being printed in different levels of difficulty, rather than just one introductory text being made available.<ref name="Modie-2014" />