CDL- Update cycle for paper Encyclopedias (Response #1)

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> RE: Update cycle for paper Encyclopedias
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> "Pakala, Jim" <Jim.Pakala_at_covenantseminary.edu>
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>As the best edition ever published of the Britannica was the eleventh, we make sure we hang onto that and also the ninth (an edition done decades later I discovered had merely an abridgement of the eleventh edition's article on Friedrich Schleiermacher, e.g.). Actually, we found other encyclopedias superior in the past few decades so we haven't paid a whole lot of attention to Britannica. But, we're a specialized graduate school for which subject area encyclopedias, both one or two-volume works and large sets, are more directly relevant. 
>	As to electronic vis-à-vis resources, we're finding that a judicious complement, following a "both/and" model, is better than "either/or"--for a variety of reasons.
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>James C. Pakala     jim.pakala_at_covenantseminary.edu 
>Library Director    Phone: 314-434-4044 x4101; Fax 314-434-4819 
>Covenant Theological Seminary 
>12330 Conway Road; St. Louis, MO 63141-8697 
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>Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 6:17 AM
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>mwebster_at_selu.edu
>Encyclopedia Britannica
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>I would appreciate hearing from my collection development colleagues regarding
>their policies for updating their print encyclopedias, especially Encyclopedia
>Britannica.
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>Thank you for your assistance.
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>Michael Webster
>Sims Memorial Library
>Southeastern Louisiana University.
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