"The World Wide Web Virtual Library was the first index of content on the World Wide Web and still operates as a directory of e-texts and information sources on the web. It was started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of HTML and the World Wide Web itself, in 1991 at CERN in Geneva. Unlike commercial index sites, it is run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert. It is sometimes informally referred to as the "WWWVL", the "Virtual Library" or just "the VL". The individual indices, or virtual libraries live on hundreds of different servers around the world. A set of index pages linking these individual libraries is maintained at http://vlib.org/, in Geneva only a few kilometres from where the VL began life. A mirror of this index is kept at East Anglia (UK). A VL specific search engine has operated for some years and is now (VLsearch) located on its own server at vlsearch.org. The central affairs of the Virtual Library are co-ordinated by an elected Council. A central index (the ?Catalog?) is maintained and joint services provided by the Council on behalf of the association....".....Agriculture: Irrigation, Livestock, Poultry Science... The Arts: Art History, Classical Music, Theatre and Drama... Business and Economics: Finance, Marketing, Transportation... Communications and Media: Broadcasters, Publishers, Telecommunications... Computing and Computer Science: Artificial Intelligence, Cryptography, Logic Programming... Education: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary... Engineering: Architecture, Electrical, Mechanical... Humanities and Humanistic Studies: History, Languages and Linguistics, Museums... Information and Libraries: Information Quality, Knowledge Management, Libraries... International Affairs: International Relations and Security, Sustainable Development... Law: Arbitration, Forensic Toxicology, Legal History... Natural Sciences and Mathematics: Biosciences, Earth Science, Medicine and Health, Physics... Recreation: Gardening, Recreation and Games, Sport... Regional Studies: African, Asian, Latin American, European... Social and Behavioural Sciences: Anthropology, Archaeology, Population and Development Studies... Society: Peoples, Religion, Gender Studies