TY - JOUR AU - Pang, Alex Soojung-Kim PY - 1998/09/07 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The work of the encyclopedia in the age of electronic reproduction JF - First Monday JA - FM VL - 3 IS - 9 SE - DO - 10.5210/fm.v3i9.615 UR - https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/615 SP - AB - Most discussion on the impact of the shift from print to electronic publishing has focused on issues like the fate of linear narrative, notions of authorship, and copyright. This article examines how the digitization of literature affects the craft of editing, and the everyday work of content producers. It focuses on the Encyclopaedia Britannica, which like all encyclopedias has been profoundly affected by the emergence of compact discs and the World Wide Web. The digitization of the encyclopedia has affected the structure of articles; it has also begun to affect the character of editorial work, the responsibilities of editors, and relations with authors, animators, and others. ER -