WWWVL Statistics

The World Wide Web Virtual Library is a non-profit group which maintain a library of links to various information. We (stat) maintain the Statistics section, which was started by Mike Conlon and is currently maintained by Allan West. As maintainers of a WWWVL site, the department has a membership in the WWWVL organization, as provided for in the constitution and bylaws.

Elsewhere at UF, professor Gene R. Thursby <gthursby@religion.ufl.edu> is actively involved and was responsible for posting a voting notice 8/1/2000. When asked about membership, he said that the department, in the guise of webmaster, has a membership. As such, a vote was registered from <webmaster@stat.ufl.edu> on 8/2/2000.


Site Maintenance

The webmaster adds sites to the list as they are mentioned in emails to webmaster or Mike Conlon. Mike forwards WWVL request email to webmaster. The webmaster is not expected to search out new sites proactively, as that would take too much time from normal duties.

Good references are people who send in URLs, and grad students from foreign countries who can read non-latin alphabets and find stat departments in their home country. We generally list any official organization, school, legitimate business or other site which we receive a URL for. Aim for one link per institution, though an administratively separate Biostat and Stat division may count as unique. Checking the link before adding it is always a good idea.

The WWVL has some guidelines for member pages. We are well over the recommended page size as of 8/2/2000, but there isn't a specific reommendation for what to do about that.


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Last modified: Wed Aug 2 10:41:03 EDT 2000