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The
Virtual Library of Sport
Email:
SportsVL.com Brian
Stringer - George
Krum
Website: The Virtual
Library of Sport
Editor's Note: A friend and chess
"mentor" of mine named George
recently directed me to a website
based in the UK that he is
working with called "The Virtual
Library of Sport". Specifically
he pointed me to the Superbowl
and World Series sections.
Needless to say, I was amazed at
the sheer volume of information
and immediately asked them for
more details so we could share
their amazing efforts with our
readers.
CALLING ALL
SPORTS FANS! Finding
information on the Web can be a
bit frustrating at times. Search
engines are useful, but how often
do they throw up dozens of sites
for you to sift through, only to
find them broken, out-of date or
not really relevant? An
alternative way to find sites is
to look up links in directories
relevant to your specific
interest. The Virtual
Library of Sport is one good way
to tackle the problem. It
provides global, updated coverage
of websites categorized under
subjects, providing links to the
key sites in that subject and is
highly regarded as an
authoritative source,
particularly in academic
subjects.
We act just like
a library providing information
on sport, but via links to other
websites instead of books. The
site is produced by fans or
'librarians' that look after
sections of the library, helping
to maintain links and answering
questions on selected sports.
Although we are based in
Launceston, Cornwall, England,
our librarians live all round the
round the world. We provide a
clean site free of logos or
glaring adverts, although we do
have simple, sponsor's text
links. We have thousands of
successful page requests per day
and a regular stream of
questions.
The
Virtual Library of Sport provides
global links to key resources in
nearly all sports. Have you ever
heard of Jorkyball, Sepak Takraw
or Touchball? If you need to get
information about these
"hard-to-find" competitions or
other "mainstream" sports, check
out our site.
We make no
attempt to provide a 'complete'
set of links. We focus on links
to sites that define 'The Game'
(definitions, history, rules, how
to improve your skills, forums,
etc), International, National and
District, Associations and
servers for each sport,
tournaments, results etc, usually
stopping short of providing links
to individual clubs - there are
many other servers covering
clubs.
There are always
opportunities to join us as a
librarian. All you need is
knowledge of the web, a love for
your game and some enthusiasm to
give some of your time to your
sport for the benefit of others.
If you would like to help in this
way then get in touch. We would
like to hear from you. There are
also opportunities for sports
fans to help with the maintenance
and development of the site. The
site is regularly updated by
visitors and by volunteer
librarians. The latter take
responsibilities for sections of
their own sport, answering
questions by email, upgrading
links or even writing complete
sections, depending on their
skills and interests.
If you have a
love for a sport, a good working
knowledge of that sport and an
interest in the World Wide Web,
then SportsVL.com may be the
place for you to develop that
interest. Take a look at
The Virtual
Library of
Sport and email your
comments to the manager@sportsvl.com.
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