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Beliavsky <beliavsky@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> I think most entries won't go out of date, and it is possible to have
> both print and online encylopedias.
Well, the basic science entries will be OK for a while, but what about
geographic information: heads of state of particular countries, the
population, etc? Those were usual pieces of information for primary
school
projects when I was a kid.
I remember tracing the map of India for a school project from an atlas at
home. I was rather surprised to see that India had a different shape on
the
classroom map -- our old atlas still had Pakistan and Bangladesh attached!
Must have been my Mum's school atlas.
> Near Boston, a new high school is
> going to be built for about $200 million
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_North_High_School
> . I'm sure there are lots of frills that should be excised before one
> gets to books in the library.
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Whew, it must be enormous. And four storeys tall, too!
As the school is not actually new, it will retain much of the old
library's
book-stock -- probably more than it should, as is the way of these things.
But I predict that the old print encyclopedias will not survive the
transition. Instead, there will be some ****ny new computers and an online
subscription. And the librarian will tell you how easy it is to get $2000
for
a computer compared to $2000 for books...
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Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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