How big is Wikipedia? How many printed volumes would it take to put all of
the online encyclopedia on a library’s shelves? I’m only asking about the 5
million or so articles in the English language version—there’s at least
that many more in other languages.

Now we know, thanks to an artistic installation by New York artist Michael
Mandiberg, first seen at the Elizabeth Denny Gallery on the Lower East Side
last summer and now moved into the bright lights of a real library—the
stacks of the Arizona State University Library in Tempe. (I’m the
university librarian for ASU, and ASU is a partner with *Slate* and New
America in Future Tense.)
http://slate.me/1raWu7X
http://slate.me/1raWu7X+

-- 
Peterk
Dallas, Tx
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