Taxonomic literature on-line

[Mike Quinn]

Bruce,

This is of course quite good news! 

Any chance that the actual text of the various papers to be put online
will be searchable like the latter volumes of the J. Research Lep?

Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 
http://www.doylegroup.harvard.edu/~carlo/JRL/contents.html

Thanks, Mike

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Subject: Taxonomic literature on-line
From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu>
Date: 13 Jan 05 12:38:16 -0700

FYI:

Many of the readers of these list-serves are likely aware that the
entire 
collection of J. Research Lep is now on-line. What you might not be
aware of is 
that there is a major effort underway to put much of the historic
taxonomic 
literature on line as well. In particular, Tom Moritz of the American
Museum 
has been active in getting all of their journals scanned and they are
currently 
deciding on how to make this information available. Likewise, a major
meeting 
is planned for London on this subject. Here are the details: 


"Library and laboratory: the marriage of research, data and taxonomic 
literature", a two-day meeting that will be held at the Natural History
Museum, 
London on Saturday and Sunday, 5-6 February 2005.  This meeting will
bring 
together taxonomists, digital librarians, publishers, editors, and other

stakeholders concerned with taxonomic publications.  The meeting will be

devoted to discussing and planning ways to increase electronic access to
the 
taxonomic literature, thereby creating a more effective, powerful and
seamless 
research environment for taxonomists and the users of taxonomic
information.  


This is all potentially good news esp for us moth-ers that have to track
down 
the original literature to ID some of our little beasts. Having
electronic 
access to many of the taxonomic journals, esp. the rare ones, will be a 
fantastic help. 


Cheers

Bruce




 
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