Index Kewensis CD-ROM

[Adolf Ceska]

On Wed, 22 Dec 1993, Leonard Krishtalka wrote:

>         I am canvassing the botanical community for an evaluation of the
> strengths and weaknesses of the electronic Index Kewensis, and whether users
> have found the $1500 investment to have been worthwhile.

Index Kewensis should be made accessible on a gopher, the same
way the Gray Herbarium Index is. Even if $1,500 investment were
worthwhile, many botanists with their lean budgets would not be
able to buy it.

Adolf Ceska
Curator of Botany
Royal British Columbia Museum
Victoria, B.C., Canada
aceska at cue.bc.ca