Abstract:
The general problem of creating and using encyclopedic knowledge in the digital civilization is considered. The creation and use of a digital encyclopedia are an example of intellectual activities of a collective expanded personality. The basic principles concerning the creation and functioning the “Digital ark of knowledge” at Lomonosov Moscow State University are described in the case of mathematical sciences. The arising problems and their solutions are discussed.
Keywords:encyclopedia, GRE, expanded personality, expanded consciousness, Wikipedia, collective knowledge, open public information resources, professional community, Lomonosov Moscow State University, mathematics.