[WEB4LIB] Re: Second web directory?

[Charles P. Hobbs]

george at library.caltech.edu wrote:

> Before getting totally off track:
>
> First World -- Europe & the Mediterranean cultures, also commonly Old World;

I've heard "Second World" used for the old Soviet bloc...

>
>
> which in turn leads to New World -- Western Hemisphere, but primarily the
> industrially advanced US and Canada;
>
> giving rise to the less developed nations in Africa, Asia, South America,
> and occasionally, Oceania, being labeled Third World, but primarily based
> upon the order in which large scale industrial development has occurred.
>

Sometimes, these nations are divided into "Third" and "Fourth" worlds, with the
"Third" being in better shape, generally, than the "Fourth"...

>
> My own thoughts on directories:
>
> 1st -- WWW Virtual Libraries
> 2nd -- Yahoo
> 3rd -- in truth, would be open directory

What about Librarian's Index to the Internet?


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Charles P. Hobbs
King Drew Health Science Library
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