Internet time, at least in the case of encyclopedias, runs 10 times faster than normal time. Encyclopedias in print arrived more than 200 years ago; the first complete version of Encyclopaedia ...

What does Nicole Kidman have in common with Kurt Godel? Both are the subject of entries in Wikipedia, a free-wheeling Internet-based encyclopedia whose founders hope will revolutionize the stodgy ...

Encyclopedia Britannica often is used in case studies as a definitive example of how new technology can disrupt a business. Everything was great for the nearly 250 year old privately held company ...

The last doors slammed shut on encyclopedia salesmen years ago. Beginning in the early 1990s, many parents decided that instead of shelling out hundreds of dollars for a weighty set of books, the ...

At a time when schools are relying more and more on digital resources, the announcement this month that Encyclopaedia Britannica will cease publishing the print edition of its 32-volume set and focus ...

Long before Wikipedia or Encyclopedia Britannica there was Pliny the Elder: a first-century Roman soldier, a statesman, and a voracious scholar. His assistants read to him while he ate dinner, while ...

Anthony Wilson-Smith is president and CEO of the non-profit organization Historica Canada and a former editor-in-chief of Maclean’s Magazine. The meeting room at Norway House, hard by the European ...