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

[christian thompson]

Thanks, Neal:

Yes, please do send a copy. Delighted to know that the Bishop Museum is willing to make its books available to all.

That was my concern as we try to index the biodiversity of this planet we will need to examine many of them that our own libraries don't hold. Access to taxonomic literature is a major component to the Global Taxonomic Impediment (CBD) and can not be ignored.

So, perhaps expressing surprise that some great libraries don't wasn't the best approach. I will try to read up on what Dale has to say before the next time.

Cheers



>>> Neal Evenhuis <neale at bishopmuseum.org> 11/06/06 01:37PM >>>
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