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MNopedia

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  • CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Public domain
  • All rights reserved MNopedia: The Minnesota Encyclopedia 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, a "resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history". Approved by Minnesotans on November 4, 2008, planning took place in 2010, the site was built in 2011 and was online on August 15; initial funding for 2010 was $199,457. 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.

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. MNHS paid history scholars including Rhoda Gilman and Annette Atkins to compose essays for the site and the historical society also awards grants for the creation of entries on select topics.

MNopedia is queryable via API. 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.

Linda Cameron is the Project Manager.

References

References

  1. "MNopedia: The Minnesota Encyclopedia". Minnesota Historical Society.
  2. "MNopedia: Minnesota Encyclopedia". Minnesota Historical Society.
  3. "About MNopedia". MNopedia.
  4. "Digital Encyclopedia of Minnesota History {{!}} Minnesota's Legacy".
  5. "Copyright". Minnesota Historical Society.
  6. Tillotson, Kristin. (August 22, 2011). "MNopedia site makes history fun". [[Star Tribune]].
  7. Treacy, Mary. (November 27, 2012). "MNopedia – An evolving encyclopedia of all things Minnesota". [[Twin Cities Daily Planet]].
  8. Downer, Paul. (December 6, 2012). "CCHS receives grant for MNopedia project". [[Sun Patriot]].
  9. "About MNopedia". Minnesota Historical Society.
  10. (September 7, 2012). "MinnPost partners with Minnesota Historical Society on MNopedia". MinnPost.
  11. Gray, Susan. (April 19, 2013). "Minnesota Historical Society launches MNopedia (audio)". [[Ampers]].
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