An email arrived while I was in Cambodia, with some final IDs from Matthew Shaw, the Supervisor of the Inquiry Centre at the Queensland Museum. I have sent several emails with requests for species identification in recent months, particularly for the new Gallery pages, with EOL in mind www.eol.org. I have been wary from the outset about being able to become a Content Partner. We have to upload our website content as an XML file to the EOL website. I have been in touch with a local IT expert and am still waiting for his advice on whether this can be done at an affordable price. Meanwhile, Matthew pointed out some of the constraints the Museum has in handling enquiries like mine. It is worth quoting extensively from his email, which struck me as very fair-minded.
DIFFICULTIES WITH IDENTIFICATION
Correspondence with Matthew Shaw, the Supervisor of the Inquiry Centre at the Queensland Museum. I spoke to him on 6 January 2010 and he gave me permission to quote from his email.
<from Matthew Shaw>
Thanks for your queries on identifications. We… Read Complete Text