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Britannica on different supports

Britannica on different supports. Dr. Inoslav Bešker Dubrovnik, May 27 th , 2005. Britannica’s paper edition. Started in 1786 Associated temporarily with The Times, then with Cambridge University Moved to Chicago from 11 th edition 1913 advertisement for the 11th edition 

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Britannica on different supports

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  1. Britannicaon different supports Dr. Inoslav Bešker Dubrovnik, May 27th, 2005

  2. Dubrovnik, May 27th, 2005

  3. Britannica’s paper edition • Started in 1786 • Associated temporarily with The Times, then with Cambridge University • Moved to Chicago from 11th edition • 1913 advertisement for the 11th edition • Purchased by Swiss financier Jacqui Safra 1996 Dubrovnik, May 27th, 2005

  4. Britannica’s paper edition structure • Propædia (1 volume) provides a structured hierarchy to all the information in the set • Micropædia (10 volumes) contains short articles • Macropædia (19 volumes) for longer articles • Index (2 volumes) added in 1985 (Under the influence of the director of planning, Mortimer Adler, from the 15th edition, first published in 1974) Dubrovnik, May 27th, 2005

  5. 1st1768–1771 3 vol. 2nd1777–1784 10 vol. 3rd1788–1797, 18 vol. 1801 2 sup. 4th1801–1809 20 vol. 5th1815 20 vol. 6th1820–1823, 20 vol. 1815–1824 2 sup. 7th1830–1842 21 vol. 8th1852–1860 21 vol. + index 9th 1870–1890 24 vol. + index 10th1902–19039th ed. + 9 sup. 11th 1910–191129 vol 12th1921–192211th ed. + 3 sup. 13th192611th ed.+ 6 sup. 14th1929–197324 vol. 15th1974–198430 vol.1985–32 vol. Paper edition history Dubrovnik, May 27th, 2005

  6. Multimedia troubles • 1980’s: Britannica turned down Microsoft proposal to collaborate on a CD-ROM encyclopaedia • Microsoft used content from Funk & Wagnalls Standard Encyclopedia to create what is now known as Encarta • 1994: Only 55,000 hard copy versions were sold (vs. 117,000 in 1990) • 1994: The first Britannica CD-ROM edition was issued for US$2000 • 1996: the cost of the CD had dropped to US$200 • 1996: Britannica sold to Jacqui Safra Dubrovnik, May 27th, 2005

  7. Britannica Online Dubrovnik, May 27th, 2005

  8. Britannica Online Dubrovnik, May 27th, 2005

  9. Nik Rawlinson on Britannica DVD • The Encyclopaedia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite 2004 DVD retains a quirky, unintuitive interface that sees the various parts of an article - text, tables, pictures and so forth - opening in separate windows that overlay each other and stay open when you move on to something else. • The atlas, though, is among the worst in any reference product we have recently reviewed. It doesn't fit onto a 1,024 x 768 screen properly • What Britannica does have that Encarta can't match is an impressive heritage Dubrovnik, May 27th, 2005

  10. Buyer’s Review (on Amazon) • I agree with many of the comments below: basically, the content is second to none and easily surpasses Encarta. However, the Java interface is so clumsy and unorthodox, that I can rarely be bothered to access the articles. At under Ł40, the DVD obviously makes more sense than the Ł1000 printed set, but given the tiresome interface, you will more than likely find yourself printing out many of the articles you want to read. Dubrovnik, May 27th, 2005

  11. Dubrovnik, May 27th, 2005

  12. Not always reliable • The entry in the 2001 CD-Rom says: • "After being independent until 1707, Scotland assented to the Act of Union with England and became an integral part of the United Kingdom. It has no separate legislature. Scotland has no sovereign executive or political power." • "Coal is Scotland’s chief mineral resource and the main mining areas are in Lothian, Fife and Strathclyde regions." • "Automobile manufacturing came to Scotland on a large scale in the early 1960s." • Comments: • "The dramatic constitutional changes witnessed in its home city appear to have passed the encyclopaedia by."(Ian Swanson, Scottish Political Editor of The Scotsman) • "They might have been better to chisel out the old stone version. These faults are near fatal in terms of its Scottish readership." (SNP education spokesman Mike Russell) • "If it was not ludicrous, it would be hilarious" (Robin Harper, Britain’s first Green parliamentarian at the 1999 Scottish election) Dubrovnik, May 27th, 2005

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