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[Bryant, James]

So the NMNH in Washington is touting the launching of two new on-line journals, Zookeys (perhaps should be Zoökeys?) and Phytokeys (see http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/smithsonian-scientists-address-world-biodiversity-crisis-innovative-online-publications). Looks like the idea is to get taxonomic revisions and updates into "print" as rapidly as possible. The editors claim this will not only serve the profession but help preserve biodiversity by "providing the public with free access to this vital information". Any thoughts on the merits of this approach?


James M. Bryant

Curator of Natural History

Museum Department, City of Riverside

3580 Mission Inn Avenue

Riverside, CA 92501

(951) 826-5273

(951) 369-4970 FAX

jbryant at riversideca.gov

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