Library Administrator's Digest, November 1st, 2001
You don't have to go far to find documentation on the decline of the printed encyclopedia. All you need is an Internet connection.
And therein lies the problem.
As the Net's popularity has risen, the public's interest in shelling out thousands of dollars for dozens of leather bound books has dropped. But don't take our word for it: Check out the "Electronic encyclopaedias" entry at Britannica.com:
"By the 1980s and '90s," the entry says, "the phenomenal growth of telecommunications networks and personal computer systems presented a new possibility to the publishing industry - the delivery o...
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