Staff of the Encyclopædia Britannica

Staff of the Encyclopædia Britannica

The preparation and publication of the Encyclopædia Britannica requires trained staff. According to the final page of the 2007 "Propædia", the staff are organized into ten departments:cite book |year=2007 |title=The New Encyclopædia Britannica |edition=15th edition, "Propædia"]

# Editorial staff (19 editors and 1 executive assistant)
# Art and Cartography (9 employees)
# Compositional Technology and Design (4 employees)
# Copy Department (12 employees)
# Editorial and Publishing Technologies (5 employees)
# Information Management (9 employees)
# Media Asset Management and Production Control (4 employees)
# Reference Librarians (3 employees)
# World Data (5 employees)
# Manufacturing (1 employee)

Some of these departments are organized hierarchically. For example, the copy editors are divided into 4 copy editors, 2 senior copy editors, 4 supervisors, plus a coordinator and a director. Similarly, the Editorial department is headed by Dale Hoiberg and assisted by four others; they oversee the work of five senior editors, nine associate editors, and one executive assistant.

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