[Taxacom] Taxonomist Appreciation Day

[Shorthouse, David]

All -

My Taxonomist Appreciation Day / ORCID proof-of-concept caught the
attention of the ORCID Organization and I was asked to write about it
for their blog,
https://orcid.org/blog/2018/04/06/compendium-taxonomists-orcid. The
list of taxonomists & systematists continues to grow in dribs and
drabs. Because 2020 will be a big year (or ought to be), perhaps we
can find a more professional home for this w/ a widespread campaign.

Cheers,

David P. Shorthouse

On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 3:16 PM, Shorthouse, David
<davidpshorthouse at gmail.com> wrote:
> All -
>
> Yesterday was World Taxonomist Appreciation Day so naturally I asked,
> "How many active taxonomists are there"? And secondarily, "Where are
> they & what do they work on?"
>
> Here's the barebones result: http://taxonomists.shorthouse.net/
>
> Not there? Get yourself an ORCID at https://orcid.org, add a keyword
> "taxonomist" or "taxonomy" and then link your works. Once a day I poll
> ORCID and fire the titles of your publications through the Global
> Names Recognition and Discovery service, http://gnrd.globalnames.org/
> to glean your taxa of expertise.
>
> Perhaps by next March 19 we can give this a more professional home,
> have a collective celebration, and use it for something bigger.
>
> David P. Shorthouse