NATURE to save taxonomy!

[Thomas Lammers]

At 11:52 AM 6/7/02 -0400, John R. Grehan wrote:

 >> Taxonomists who are making the effort to post web pages on taxonomic
groups should be congratulated.<<

More importantly, such work should be acknowledged and rewarded by their
institutions.  My impression is that when administrators make tenure and
promotion decisions, printed pages count for all and web pages count for
little.  One can understand that, when time is a limiting resource, many
would not want to invest it in an activity that "doesn't count."


Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Curator of the Herbarium (OSH)
Department of Biology and Microbiology
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901-8640 USA

e-mail:       lammers at uwosh.edu
phone:      920-424-1002
fax:           920-424-1101

Plant systematics; classification, nomenclature, evolution, and biogeography
of the Campanulaceae s. lat.

Webpages:
http://www.uwosh.edu/departments/biology/Lammers.htm
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Resort/7156/lammers.html
http://www.uwosh.edu/departments/biology/herbarium/herbarium.html
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