Encyclopedia Brittanica

Rick Anderson:

Over de EB, wikipedia, betrouwbaarheid(sclaim), volledigheid (wie kan nou volledig zijn? EB biedt ook maar een selectie van de informatie op .... gebied.

All of this is to say that Britannica’s challenge in the future is not going to be convincing people that it offers value. It’s going to be convincing people that what it offers — a very small amount of highly reliable information — is worth paying for, given that people can easily get a very large amount of reasonably reliable information for free.



http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2012/03/22/the-portal-problem-part-1-the-plight-of-the-britannica/