Spring 2012 Fall Vol.2011 3 Issue 5
UNLVirtual
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UNIVERSAL NEWSLETTER FOR VIRTUAL & DIGITAL MEDIA
this issue Print no more: End of an Era
Digital Media News
Hello & Goodbye
Encyclopædia Britannica set
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Alltop http://digitalmedia.alltop.com/
CNET http://news.cnet.com/ digital-media/
Digital Wire http:// www.dmwmedia.com/
Mashable http://mashable.com/
The Guardian http:// www.guardian.co.uk/ media/digital-media
End of an Era By Zeenath Haniff
An encyclopedia is the ultimate resource for general knowledge—a wealth of scholarly information at your fingertips, containing a multitude of references neatly organized in alphabetical order.
printed. By shifting to an online database, Encyclopædia Britannica can continuously update, be accessible on mobile devices and even offer “social connections” to various resources.
Encyclopædia Britannica, the oldest English-language encyclopedia, is ending production of its printed book set. Formerly updated every two years, the last printed edition was released in 2010 and contained 32 volumes. Instead, the 244-yearold publication from Scotland will offer its vast resources strictly in digital form in lieu of a 2012 print.
Before discontinuing their print edition and moving exclusively online, Encyclopædia Britannica will sell the remaining 4,000 sets of the 2010 edition from their inventory of 12,000 book sets.
Currently, the print version accounts for less than 1 percent of the company’s total sales. Priced at a hefty $1,395.00 per set, the cost of the printed encyclopedia has far outweighed its nearly 130 pounds’ worth of information. Britannica Online costs $70 for an annual subscription while mobile users pay $1.99-$4.99 per month for the app. The low cost coupled with ease of search and additional resources boasts 100 million digital users. The company admits that information becomes obsolete the moment that it is
The gold-lettered hardbound version was once sold door-to-door and considered a luxury item in middle-class homes or stocked in libraries. In the 1980s, the company began experimenting with digital publishing, offering a computer version through LexisNexis, then issuing its first CD-ROM edition in 1981 and later going online in 1994. Over 100 editors and countless expert contributors to Encyclopædia Britannica continue to ensure the quality of the publication with the likes of Sigmund Freud, Marie Curie and Bill Clinton. And with that, another one bites the dust as digital overtakes a historic print publication.
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Welcome Our New Research Assistant!
Contact Info UNLV College of Urban Affairs Virtual & Digital Media 4505 Maryland Pkwy Box 455007 Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-5007
Hello & Goodbye
Fax: 702-895-5189
I would like to thank you for keeping up with latest in virtual and digital media news! It has been a pleasure to have served you for the past three semesters.
Lawrence Mullen, Ph.D.
Please join me in giving a warm welcome to the new Virtual and Digital Media Office Research Assistant beginning Fall 2012, Ryan Hamilton. Yours truly, Zeenath Haniff For any further inquiries, please contact the Virtual & Digital Media director: Lawrence Mullen, Ph.D. Office:
GUA 2142
Phone:
702-895-4491
Email:
lawrence.mullen@unlv.edu
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