[2] The next year, Dr. John J. Grabowski, also of Case Western Reserve University, joined the project as managing editor.

Because of the book's success, Van Tassel was able to receive grants allowing for the additional publication of illustrated volumes covering topics of special interest such as fine arts and women.

[13] In 1997, Case Western's Department of Information Services agreed to host an internet-based version of the encyclopedia.

The IS staff donated more than $100,000 (equivalent to $189,801 in 2023) worth of time to transfer the text of the 1996 edition of the Encyclopedia to a server at the university.

[3] The CWRU Department of History created the Krieger-Mueller Chair, a joint position between the university and the Western Reserve Historical Society, to oversee the digital encyclopedia project, which by then had more than 4,400 articles.

Additionally, two history graduate students supported by the Ralph M. Besse Fellowship assist in the maintenance of the online version of the Encyclopedia.

[3] In 2018, the Encyclopedia launched an initiative to reconnect with Clevelanders by updating existing articles and creating new content in contemporary subject matters like African American History.