MNopedia

MNopedia
Web address mnopedia.org
Type of site
Internet encyclopedia project
Available in English
Content license
CC-BY-SA 3.0,
public domain,
and all rights reserved
Launched August 15, 2011
Alexa rank
5,257,349 (January 2013)[1]

MNopedia is a free English-language encyclopedia project from the Minnesota Historical Society. Funded through a Legacy Amendment Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund grant, it is the first online encyclopedia about Minnesota.[2] The site came online on August 15, 2011 with initial funding of $215,000 for 2010 and 2011.[3] Many of the articles produced by the encyclopedia are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License as are some of its multimedia files.[4]

The Minnesota Historical Society had previously planned to produce a print encyclopedia, but opted for an online site for the sake of affordability and interactivity.[5] MNHS paid history scholars including Rhoda Gilman and Annette Atkins to compose essays for the site[6] and the historical society also awards grants for the creation of entries on select topics.[7]

MNopedia is queryable via API.[8] Online newspaper MinnPost publishes entries from MNopedia on a weekly basis as well as publishing bimonthly news articles that are later developed into entries for MNopedia.[9]

References

  1. "Mnopedia.org Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
  2. "MNopedia: The Minnesota Encyclopedia". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. Regan, Sheila (September 2, 2011). "MNopedia, Minnesota's own encyclopedia". City Pages.
  4. "Copyright". MNopedia. Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  5. Tillotson, Kristin (August 22, 2011). "MNopedia site makes history fun". Star Tribune.
  6. Treacy, Mary (November 27, 2012). "MNopedia – An evolving encyclopedia of all things Minnesota". Twin Cities Daily Planet.
  7. Downer, Paul (December 6, 2012). "CCHS receives grant for MNopedia project". Sun Patriot.
  8. "About MNopedia". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  9. "MinnPost partners with Minnesota Historical Society on MNopedia". MinnPost. September 7, 2012.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, November 26, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.