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Grolier has stopped printing Americana & New Book of Knowledge etc, and are now publishing only the online version. I assume World Book and Britannica are continuing the print version along with the online version - at least for awhile. If the "traditional" publishers want to compete with Wikipedia - are they planning to broaden their coverage? For instance, our 9th graders do research on young adult authors every year. MANY of those authors have not reached the level of "fame" etc. to merit inclusion in World Book, Americana et al. Wikipedia is often the only place I can send kids to do the broad, general, beginning research that I would like them all to start with before getting into author reference sets, whole biographies etc. So - here are my questions.... 1. Do the traditional encyclopedias plan to put online ONLY what they can feasiblely publish in a print encyclopedia? 2. Are they going to take advantage of the limitless storage of the web to broaden both the scope and depth of their coverage? Believe me - I COMPLETELY understand the drawbacks of Wikipedia. However, as cautious as I am about Wikipedia, I am questioning the value of continuing our subscriptions to the traditional encyclopedias, if I don't see a significant change in their business plans. Thoughts? Jacquie "You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians...." (Monty Python) "The Librarian, whose job is to heal ignorance, to keep life safe for poetry and to put knowledge smack dab in the middle of the American way." ~ The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9-20-03 “Education is not about filling a pail, it’s about lighting a fire." ~ William Butler Yeats ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jacquie Henry, MLS Ruben A. Cirillo High School (GHS) Gananda Central School District 3195 Wiedrick Road P.O. Box 609 Macedon, NY 14502 315-986-3521 x 3144 jhenry@gananda.org Library Page: http://www.gananda.org/webpages/hslibrary/ Blog - Library Links For Teachers: http://rachslibrary.edublogs.org/ Blog - Wanderings http://wanderings.edublogs.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ --------------------------------------------------------------------