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BibTeX citation key: davidson.605
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Davidson Cathy N. mars 2007. We Can't Ignore the Influence of Digital Technologies. Chronicle of higher education
Added by: Laure Endrizzi 2007-06-13 20:41:52 Last edited by: Laure Endrizzi 2007-06-21 11:26:37
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Abstract
When I read the other day that the history department at Middlebury College had "banned Wikipedia," I immediately wrote to the college's president, Ronald D. Liebowitz, to express my concern that such a decision would lead to a national trend, one that would not be good for higher education. "Banning" has connotations of evil or heresy. Is Wikipedia really that bad?
I learned from Mr. Liebowitz that the news media had exaggerated the real story. The history department's policy that students not cite Wikipedia in papers or examinations is consistent with an existing policy on not citing sources such as Encyclopaedia Britannica. It is hardly a "ban." It is a definition of what constitutes credible scholarly or archival sources.
Added by: Laure Endrizzi
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