Store Norske Leksikon: Defining a New Role for an Edited Encyclopaedia

Store norske leksikon (SNL) [Great Norwegian Encyclopaedia] is an edited, online encyclopaedia that strives towards radical transparency. Our aim is for as many parts of text production as possible to be visible to everyone, much like in the model that Wikipedia has pioneered. Unlike Wikipedia, howe...

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Main Authors: Georg Kjøll, Marit Godal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Linköping University Electronic Press 2014-06-01
Series:Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.146629
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