Doosan Encyclopedia
The Doosan Encyclopedia is a multivolume reference work koreanischsprachiges, published by the South Korean Doosan Dong -A Publishing.
Print version
The lexicon is based on the Dong -A Color Encyclopedia ( 동아 원색 세계 대백과 사전 ), a comprehensive 30 volumes Encyclopedia, the first time from Dong -A Publishing ( 동아 출판사 ) was published in 1982. The publishing house was purchased by the Doosan Corporation ( 주식회사 두산 ) in February 1985, a subsidiary of Doosan Group.
Digital Output
EnCyber
A digital edition of the Doosan Encyclopedia first appeared in 2000 on CD- ROM with the name EnCyber . The portmanteau word made up of Encyclopedia and Cyber . The Doosan Group explained that she wants to be a center of living knowledge through this brand. EnCyber offers the products since 2003, free to read for search engine users of the web portal Naver on that omnibus the articles directly on your own site. Naver owes to the top spot in the South Korean search market and this cooperation. It is assumed that at the conclusion of Navers exclusive contract in 2003, license fees in the order of several billion won were determined.
In April 2006 came on your website should also community elements that allow users to upload digital and digitized images. Articles will continue to be created editorial content and cared for. 2009 EnCyber was next to the largest online encyclopedia of South Korea and the largest imagehoster.