[Taxacom] Request for subject-specific listserver info & online lists of natural history collections

[Donald.Hobern at csiro.au]

> So, in sum, I suppose what I'm asking for is:
> What's the best way to "get the word out" to all the malacologists,
> mineralogists, botanists, entomologists, etc., about our holdings here
> at our little museum?--short of listing all of our specimen records on
> our institutional website. I believe that (1) and (2) above are the
> best ways--are there others?

Scott,

I suggest that you take a look at the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biocol.org/), which is an attempt to build a community web site to bring together information on all natural history collections.  It already includes data from Index Herbariorum and Insect and Spider Collections of the World (ISCW) and will be used by GBIF and other global and regional projects to discover and integrate information on collections.

Best wishes,

Donald

Donald Hobern, Director, Atlas of Living Australia
CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601
Phone: (02) 62464352 Mobile: 0437990208
Email: Donald.Hobern at csiro.au