Web terminology

[moe1 at cornell.edu]

We used to call them subject directories, too.  Lately we've switched to 
subject guides to the Internet or subject catalogs of the Internet.  I 
don't think there is any standard term for these collections of links by 
topic.

Michael Engle
Cornell University Library

 On Thu, 28 May 1998, Walter Minkel wrote:

> We here call them "subject directories," because they're directories of
> websites that (typically) are arranged by subject. We have two good ones
> here at Multnomah County Library, our "Selected Web Sites," which our
> staff uses for reference: www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/ref/
> 
> and our Homework Center for K-12:
> www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/kids/homework/	--W
> 
> On Thu, 28 May 1998, Sloan, Bernie wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I have a (probably dumb) question about terminology.....
> > 
> > What do you call those sites that basically consist of
> > links to other useful sites? They can be annotated (like
> > the Librarians' Index to the Internet), or simply lists of
> > unannotated links.
> > 
> > I tend to think of them as meta sites, but I was wondering
> > if there is another term that's commonly used........
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > Bernie Sloan
> > Senior Library Information Systems Consultant
> > University of Illinois Office for Planning & Budgeting
> > 338 Henry Administration Building
> > 506 S. Wright Street
> > Urbana, IL  61801
> > Phone: (217) 333-4895  
> > Fax: (217) 333-6355
> > Email: bernies at uillinois.edu
> > 
> > 
> 
> Walter Minkel, School Corps Technology Trainer
> Multnomah County Library, 205 NE Russell St., Portland, OR 97212
> Voice (503)736-6002; fax (503)248-5441; walterm at nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us
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