Archive for the 'Encyclopedias' Category
Encyclopedic Knowledge, Then vs. Now
May 2nd, 2009NYTimes – “It’s hard to look at the end of the Encarta experiment without the free and much larger Wikipedia springing immediately to mind. But Encarta arguably would have failed even without that competition. The Google-indexed Web forms a virtual encyclopedia that Encarta never had a chance of competing against.”
Start Writing the Eulogies for Print Encyclopedias
March 16th, 2008New York Times – “IT has never been easier to read up on a favorite topic, whether it’s an obscure philosophy, a tiny insect or an overexposed pop star. Just don’t count on being able to thumb through the printed pages of an encyclopedia to do it.” (thanks Linda)
