[Taxacom] A copy of James-Clark 1865 anyone?

[Neal Evenhuis]

At 10:13 AM -0500 11/6/06, christian thompson wrote:
>Yes, Dave, there is a description of Dysteria proraefrons on page 
>171 with a figure. Copy being sent separately.
>
>However, I am appalled: A legitimate researcher at the grestest 
>Natural History Museum in the World can not get any service from its 
>parent / sister organization?
>
>Is true that the BM Library does not allow or provide researchers 
>with photocopies of books like this? This isn't a rare book nor an 
>old book. Does the Natural History Museum library provide 
>photo-copies to scientists?
>
>Fortunately most American museums, like the National Museum of 
>Natural History / Smithsonian, still do provide photocopies.But even 
>us count on great libraries, like those in London. If they fail us, 
>there is little hope for Biodiversity research.

Wow, Chris.

Here's a book apparently not in the Smithsonian or USDA libraries you 
might want to take a peek at:

Carnegie, D. (1936). How to win friends and influence people. New 
York: Simon and Schuster.

I can loan you a copy if necessary. ;-)

--Neal