Changing Orders of Knowledge? Encyclopaedias in Transition

摘要: In the West encyclopaedias have long functioned as standard for defining what can be considered public, established knowledge in a given time and culture. The modern encyclopaedia, with its roots enlightenment, has come to symbolise science reason (Yeo 2001). encyclopaedia stands trustworthiness stability, at same it actually always changed hand cultural technical developments. Most recently, connected digitisation, encyclopaedias’ production, consumption, use, distribution significance, are changing profoundly, so profound fact that our society’s view of encyclopaedic is, who should produce vet reliability how used seems every way. Having said that, understanding Wikipedia benefits from seeing historical context encyclopaedism, which is clearly continued influence even today (Reagle & Loveland 2013). And some mourn demise communicated print, ubiquitous never before. It produced collectively by many people vital part web. While understandably lot been about almost angle (e.g. Jullien 2012), other contemporary, most often online encyclopaedias, especially professional ones, not received much attention research. Yet they two sides coin. All this course do enormous success Wikipedia, which, according Alexa.com, holds stable position amongst six popular websites world. Almost invariably link comes first search engine results page. one culture’s coveted stamps approval features one, but several episodes ‘The Simpsons’ obviously there entry recording (Wikipedia 2014a). culture fundamental information economy way – safe say no ever was all parts society time. This new type everywhere. ‘old’, still far obsolescent or unchanging. They transforming themselves face digitisation. Some give up, yet others continue either general-purpose reference works niches specialisations ones founded. present schools, libraries