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.