[Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Stopping the presses: Britannica to stop printing books

[rupert THURNER]

I did use a very old "konversationslexikon" as a child, mainly for the
pictures. With our children this got replaced now by online resources. And
no, not by wikipedia, but by YouTube. And every time I spend 15 minutes to
find a video to illustrate something it makes me a little sad that we as a
group are not able to do it better and create something which would save my
time to search for it.

Rupert.
Am 14.03.2012 01:22 schrieb "phoebe ayers" <phoebe.wiki at gmail.com>:

> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2010's 32-volume set will be its last.  (Now I want to get one, to
> > replace my old set!)  Future versions will be digital only.
> >
> >
> http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/after-244-years-encyclopaedia-britannica-stops-the-presses/?smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto
> >
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/13/encyclopedia-britannica-halts-print-publication
> >
>
> I don't use it in print, haven't for years, and have been expecting
> something like this for a while, but am still surprisingly saddened by
> it too; there's something about the shelf of volumes that encapsulates
> the world's knowledge that sort of symbolizes the whole idea of a
> library to me.
>
> I've been asked to write a short editorial about this development from
> a Wikipedian's perspective and am curious about (and would love to
> include) other Wikimedian experiences -- did you use print
> encyclopedias as a kid? Was a love of print encyclopedias part of your
> motivation or interest in becoming a Wikipedian? Is there any value in
> them still? Will you miss it?
>
> cheers,
> -- phoebe
>
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