Thanks for the wonderful response. Thanks to Manudev ji, Balkar ji & Mathapati ji. It's really a great effort. It's because of generous contributions from member like you, that eFi is & will be thriving. Your contributions are now at eFi website at & easily searchable like any google search: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/bibliography-of-botany-flora-of-india
I request others to pl. come forward & make your great contributions. On 4 September 2011 12:28, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Here was Manudev ji's idea & it was discussed among moderators & agreed to: > "As a taxonomist, literature collection has been a matter of difficulty, > especially those papers published in Indian journals (hope all our members > do have the same opinion). And we had discussed this earlier in our group > .. > Here is a humble suggestion..!! Why can't we take an initiate in this > matter?? I think, atleast we can make a catalogue of books and journals > with each of us. So that our members can make use of that. Especially those > people revising a genus or family would be finding difficulties to collect > details from regional or local floras (including state and district > floras). Each member can put a list of their accessible material. Am not > sure how many of the members are generous enough to share their > collections.. > Still we can contribute much.. > I am ready to contribute whatever I have.. awaiting response..!! > > "As Balkarji said, we don't need to upload the paper or any kind of > literature to the group, so that we can avoid the violation of copy right > laws. Also the form of the literature is also a matter of concern. If it is > a hard copy, the beneficiary should take the necessary expenses. Here i am > attaching a list of books available in my library either as hard copy or as > pdf format." > > Accordingly, Manudev ji has furnished details & uploaded at eFI page: > > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/miscellanea/for-members-information/efi-library/manudev-madhavan > > Other may also contribute suitably & become a part of this great effort. > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1700 members & > 79,000 messages on 31/8/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of around 5500 species) > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1750 members & 97,000 messages on 30/11/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
