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Fathom.com
Fathom was an online learning portal project, spearheaded by Columbia University, that opened to the public in late 2000. Partners in the venture included the London School of Economics and Political Science, the British Library, the New York Public Library, Cambridge University Press, and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History. Failing to turn a profit despite a 2002 business plan change, Fathom closed in early 2003.
== Early history ==
In the late 1990s, Columbia University, led by executive vice provost Michael M. Crow, sought a way to use the emerging World Wide Web as a strategic tool for extending higher education's reach to the public. The university hired Ann Kirschner in late 1998 to help develop this plan. Over a one-year period starting in January 1999, Crow and Kirschner quickly drew up the blueprint for Fathom, hoping to gain a first-mover advantage over potential competitors.〔Walsh, pp. 24–25.〕
On April 11, 2000, The Fathom Network Inc. incorporated in Delaware, changing its name to Fathom Knowledge Network Inc. shortly afterward.〔Delaware Department of State. (General Information Name Search ). Division of Corporations. Retrieved September 23, 2012.〕〔New York State Department of State. (Search the Corporation and Business Entity Database ). Division of Corporations, State Records and UCC. Retrieved September 23, 2012.〕 On November 15, 2000, Fathom opened to the public as a "preview site".〔Columbia University. (Fathom Has Preview Site ). ''Columbia News'', November 15, 2000. Retrieved September 25, 2012.〕
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