How much knowledge is buried in old encyclopedias?We aim to find out—and to make it available via modern search engines, readers, and free files available via the encyclosphere, with the Old Encyclopedia Digitization Project. Since last summer, the Knowledge Standards Foundation has been working on an evolving project we call the Old Encyclopedia Digitization Project. We… Continue reading The Old Encyclopedia Digitization Project
Welcome to the website of the Knowledge Standards Foundation.
Imagine the
Encyclosphere
The Universal Network of All the Encyclopedias
The Universal Network of All the Encyclopedias
What is the Encyclosphere?
Imagine all the encyclopedias in the world, connected into one decentralized network, the way all the blogs are loosely connected. You've heard of the blogosphere; now, we’re building an encyclosphere.
Learn More Watch Short Video Watch Longer Video, Progress Report (50min)"No small group of elites deserves the power to declare what is known for all of us."
What is the Knowledge Standards Foundation?
A global group of volunteers creating the standards and tools for the future encyclosphere. We’re making a network, not an app.
About the KSFHow Can You Help?
We need developers, designers, writers, editors, thinkers, marketers, promoters and fundraisers—if you can imagine a role being useful to kick-starting a network, we need that. Join us by coding, blogging, and more.
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Annotated link list. And donation!
Hello encyclopedia lovers, We have great news: last month we deposited a $300,000 grant from FUTO, a new org founded to “develop technology and share knowledge that gives control of computers back to the people.” We are hugely grateful to FUTO. We are also grateful to over 100 of you who have donated, together, well over $10,000.We… Continue reading Annotated link list. And donation!