The Quality of Information, Infosys 290 Section 10 Paul Duguid and Geoffrey Nunberg
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Geoffrey Nunberg

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Forms of knowledge and communication:
Dictionaries, reference books, journals, databases

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Primary Reading

Bush, Vaannevar. 1945. As We May Think. Atlantic Monthly July

Brown, Patrick. 2004. Vantage Point. Stanford Report, Feb. 26.

McArthur, Tom. 1988. Worlds of Reference. Cambridge University Press:
Ch. 12: "The Legislative Urge: authoritative wordbooks," pp. 92-101 Ch 13: "Reference and Revolution," p. 102-109

Ch. 15: "Alphabetic Lexicography: The Unending Dictionary," pp. 124-133

Ch.16: "Universal Education: Dictionaries for the People," pp. 134-141


Pang, Alex Soojung-Kim. 1998. The Work of the Encyclopedia in the Age of Electronic Reproduction. First Monday 3(9).

Optional Reading

De Schryver, Gilles-Maurice. 2003. Lexicographers' Dreams in the Electronic-Dictionary Age. International Journal of Lexicography 16(2) (September).

Hibbitts, Bernard J. 1996. Last Writes: The law review in the age of cyberspace. First Monday 2 (3).

Hobohm, Hans-Christoph. 1997. Changing the Galaxy: On the transformation of a printed journal to the Internet. First Monday 2(11).

McArthur, Tom. 1988. Worlds of Reference. Cambridge University Press:
Ch 14: "Thematic Lexicography," pp. 110-123


Miller, Sylvia K. 1998. Transforming Print Encyclopedias into Successful Electronic Reference Products. Journal of Electronic Publishing June.

Look at the material in About the OED at the OED site, in particular the essay "History of the Dictionary."


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