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STORE NORSKE LEKSIKON

Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

3 years

Great Norwegian Encyclopedia Association

• Fritt Ord Foundation• Trust Bank Foundation DNB• Norwegian Academy of

Science and Letters• Norwegian Non-Fiction

Writers and TranslatorsAssociation

• Norwegian MeteorologicalInstitute

• Norwegian National Museum• Norwegian Academy of Music

• Nord University• Norwegian University of Life

Sciences• Norwegian University of

Science and Technology• Oslo Metropolitan University• University of Agder• University of Bergen• University of Oslo• University of Stavanger• University of Tromsø

Great Norwegian Encyclopedia Association

Dugnad

Dugnad‘work done as a

community or collective’

Research

Teaching

Communication

Research

Teaching

Communication

Secure the public’s

access to verified

knowledge

The only national encyclopediain the world that has survived digitalization with

- Open access model- Updated content- High user figures

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And in Norway:Second largest non-commercial web site

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The encyclopedia is more popular than ever

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The encyclopedia is more popular than ever

200 000 paper encyclopediassold in 30 years

Now: 200 000 unique visitors per day

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Open Access:

Publicly funded andavailable to everyone

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Readers

Gjennomsnittlig antall unike brukereper måned per år 2007–2016

Antall leste artikleneper år 2007–2016

Avg unique visitors per month 2007-2017 Pageviews per year 2007-2017

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Neo nazis

Neo nazis

fascism hinduism May 17th FishElectionthreshold

MiddleAge

Jan Baalsrud

CataloniaNorwegianpoliticalparties

BotulismEasterSámipeople

Store norske leksikon

1. Hinduism2. Judaism3. Buddhism4. Islam5. World war I6. French revolution7. Norwegian literature

history8. Cold War9. World War II10. Christianity

Norwegian Wikipedia

1. Norway2. World’s tallest mountains3. 2017 World Handball

Championship4. Wikipedia5. Western Norway6. List of Norwegian cities7. Paradise Hotel (Norway)8. Norwegian counties9. Marcus & Martinus10. World’s longest rivers

English Wikipedia

1. Deaths in 20172. Darth Vader3. Donald Trump4. XXX5. Elizabeth II6. Game of Thrones s77. Meghan Markle8. Game of Thrones9. Earth10. List of Bollywood

films of 2017

Production model

Production model200 000 articles

3 600 categories10 editors

700 topic experts1 300 contributors

€1.8 mill. annual budget

EditorsGunn Hild Lem

managing editor

Andreas Tjernshaugen

editor

Erik Bolstad

chief editorceo

Ida Scott

editor

Guro Djupvik

editor adm. consultant

Hilde Ørbo

editor

Anne Eilertsen

editor

Kjell-Olav Hovde

editor

Marit Simonsen

editor

Mari Paus

editor

Ola Nordal

editor

Stig Arild Pettersen

editorcommunication

Topic experts

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Contributors

Contributors •All suggestions areverified by a topic expertbefore publication

•No anonymouscontributors

• 1300 contributors in 2017 (Wikipedia 1000)

Technology

Tasks Awaitingassessment

Categories Readers and status

Evaluations

Challenges

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Funding

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High user figures, but less known among 40+

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