Benefits and drawbacks of digital processing and publishing of electronic dictionaries (on the example of the Electronic Dictionary of Old Czech) Cover Image

Klady a zápory elektronického zpracování a zveřejnění slovníku (na příkladu Elektronického slovníku staré češtiny)
Benefits and drawbacks of digital processing and publishing of electronic dictionaries (on the example of the Electronic Dictionary of Old Czech)

Author(s): Miloslava Vajdlová
Subject(s): Western Slavic Languages
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro jazyk český
Keywords: diachronic dictionary; diachronic lexicography; digital output; Electronic Dictionary of Old Czech; electronic document

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the benefits and drawbacks of digital processing and publishing of electronic dictionaries; the author takes into account her own experience with the creation of the Electronic Dictionary of Old Czech. Users appreciate accessibility of the electronic (i.e. web) dictionary in terms of time, space and cost, and authors welcome the increasing number of users. On the other hand,one drawback is that electronic documents have thus far been not officially counted as publications in the Czech national research evaluation system (the new evaluation methodology beginning in2017 is still unclear on this issue), resulting in even lower prestige of “e-lexicographers” compared to that of authors of traditionally published, printed and reviewed works.

  • Issue Year: 102/2019
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 88-101
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Czech