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MCZ Type Database
by Piotr Naskrecki 30 Nov '00

30 Nov '00

Dear Taxonomic Community, We are pleased to announce a new development and a significant expansion of our online Primary Type Specimen Database at the Entomology department of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. The most significant change is the addition of over 4,000 high quality images of primary type specimens. At this point we have completed documenting the entire collection of long-horned beetles (Cerambycidae), with over 520 photographed types. The next group to be added shortly will be the Buprestidae, followed by Chrysomelidae and butterflies. Each type record in the database contains information on the taxonomic placement of the species, the authorship, the species¹ current combination (if data are available), label data, the type of specimen preparation, and the biogeographic region. The images associated with each record include the general habitus of the insect (lateral and dorsal views), close-ups of diagnostic characters, and all labels associated with the specimen. In some cases the label photographs have been digitally enhanced to reveal faded text, no longer visible on the actual label. We realize that in some cases no photograph will substitute a physical examination of the type specimen (e.g., one often needs to examine hidden genitalic structures), but in more cases than not a set of high quality photographs, together with appropriate identification keys, will be sufficient to establish the identity of the species. Frequently, our photographs are the first illustrations of the species, and for most species the first in color. We welcome you to visit our database at <http://mcz-28168.oeb.harvard.edu/mcztypedb.htm> and send us your comments or suggestions. We hope that our effort may become an example of how museum type collections can be made more easily accessible to the scientific community worldwide. If you are interested in developing a similar database for your type collection, please don¹t hesitate to contact us. With best regards, P. Naskrecki, P. Perkins, and B. Farrell Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University ---------------------------- Primary Type Specimen Database, Entomology Dept., Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University http://mcz-28168.oeb.harvard.edu/mcztypedb.htm

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(Fwd) TDWG 2000 Meeting
by Georgina MacKenzie 31 Aug '00

31 Aug '00

PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for reduced registrations to the TDWG 2000 meeting has been extended to 30th September. see http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/tdwg/2000/RegistrationForm.htm for the registration form. ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 11:37:27 +0100 Send reply to: Georgina MacKenzie <gmackenzie(a)YORK.BIOSIS.ORG> Subject: TDWG 2000 Meeting The 2000 meeting of the Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG) will be held from 10th to 12th November at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt, Germany. The theme of this year's meeting will be "Digitizing Biological Collections". For further details, please look at http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/tdwg/2000/ This provides a preliminary program of the meeting, information on costs and how to register, and details of hotels. For further information on TDWG, please look at the web site http://www.tdwg.org or contact me. ------- End of forwarded message ------- Georgina MacKenzie Secretary, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG) gmackenzie(a)york.biosis.org Telephone: +44 1904 642816 Fax: +44 1904 612793

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Tree of Life Project: position available for lead programmer
by Tree of Life 14 Aug '00

14 Aug '00

Folks, Hi. We now have a grant to convert the Tree of Life project into a full-fledged database, and are looking for a lead developer to help us with this effort. If you know of any good candidates, please pass this note their way. Below is a portion of the official job advertisement; the complete ad with more details can be found at http://hr2.hr.arizona.edu/17905xcox.htm. ======== We seek an applications and database developer to redesign and implement a database of biological organisms (The Tree of Life Project). The Tree of Life (http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree) is a widely-used, multi-authored, international, distributed Internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity. This position will be lead developer in the rebuilding of the project as database-driven system with open-source, Java-based data entry tools and flexible data-presentation and manipulation modules. Additionally, this position will coordinate with other bioinformatics projects (e.g. NABIN, species2000) to ensure interoperability of the data served by the project. As lead developer in the project, this person will oversee the day-to-day duties of two half-time graduate research assistants, and provide expertise and leadership when needed for these positions. ========= If you or potential applicants have any questions, please contact me or Jeremy Frumkin (frumkinj(a)u.library.arizona.edu) Best wishes, David -- ========================= David Maddison Department of Entomology University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 USA http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/phylogeny.html =========================

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Botany
by Roland Keller 24 Jul '00

24 Jul '00

If you wish to know an identification key based upon vegetative characters, see www.tropicalbotany.net This website is linked to a database which is updated weakly, worth to say that end July many pictures will be added for illustrating about 500 genera of woody plants. For comments, send mail to : roland.keller(a)ie-bsg.unil.ch Roland Keller Institut de Botanique Université de Lausanne Suisse (Switzerland)

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TDWG 2000 Meeting
by Georgina MacKenzie 03 Jul '00

03 Jul '00

The 2000 meeting of the Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG) will be held from 10th to 12th November at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt, Germany. The theme of this year's meeting will be "Digitizing Biological Collections". For further details, please look at http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/tdwg/2000/ This provides a preliminary program of the meeting, information on costs and how to register, and details of hotels. For further information on TDWG, please look at the web site http://www.tdwg.org or contact me. Georgina MacKenzie Secretary, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG) gmackenzie(a)york.biosis.org Telephone: +44 1904 642816 Fax: +44 1904 612793

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Request
by Georgina MacKenzie 28 Feb '00

28 Feb '00

For the past two years, a TDWG Newsletter has been produced in March. If you would like to contribute material for this year's newsletter, please contact me for further details. I need material by 10th March if the newsletter is to be published in March. I look forward to receiving your contributions! Regards, Georgina Georgina MacKenzie Secretary, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG) gmackenzie(a)york.biosis.org Telephone: +44 1904 642816 Fax: +44 1904 612793

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TDWG 2000 Meeting
by Georgina MacKenzie 27 Jan '00

27 Jan '00

Further information on the Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG) 2000 Meeting is now available at http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/tdwg/2000/ or through the TDWG web site at http://www.tdwg.org. The main theme of the meeting is "Digitizing Biological Collections". The Fees for the meeting (including Icebreaker Party and Dinner) will be approximately EURO 150 (about 150 USD) for non-members and EURO 75 for members* and students, with a 1/3 reduction for early registration (before July 31). Information on membership can be found at http://www.tdwg.org/membership.html * Members in good standing; up to 3 persons per member institution can register at reduced rate. Apologies for cross posting.

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