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194:, but reviewers are needed. Despite, or perhaps because of, the enormous increase in the availability of free information over the Internet, more books are being published than ever. Many of them have useful insights for our community, or interesting things to say about it. If you want to review one of the listed books, or know of another book you think the community might like to read about from a Wikipedian's perspective, please sign up. For new books, the 227: 117: 107: 33: 127: 87: 137: 97: 171:
Earlier this year, we began experimenting with a "Discussion report" to summarize major new discussions about policy and project management. These reports proved useful and interesting, but it was too much work for too few volunteers. New editors willing to tackle the "Discussion report" would be
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There are many recent and upcoming books about Knowledge (XXG) and its broader technical, political, and cultural contexts listed at the
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can try to obtain free review copies, and multiple reviewers can sign up for the same book.
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The time has come once again for the traditional call for new
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