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Now, if only these articles had DOIs! Then they'd be so much easier to find, cite, link, share & track. Here's one I prepared earlier (beautifully illustrated by Miss Harriett Scott & Mrs Helena Forde): https://t.co/vdYinbuKTS (1871) #RetroPIDs
Help! Today @elyw asked me for the link for the first published scientific description of the Koala. I couldn't find it (embarrassing!). But I think this is the accompanying🎨: https://t.co/5ZI9lnnXSI @biodivlibrary.
I got this far: Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817). 1/5
In 1848, Gould published his 7-volume "Birds of Australia". 20 yrs later, he produced a supplement containing all the birds described since. All 1868 descriptions now also have DOIs:
Australian Cassowary https://t.co/c4blleEjYo
Albert Lyre-Bird https://t.co/oENLyFbF5Y #RetroPIDs
I hope everyone Quetzal excited when we retrospectively assign DOIs to historic species descriptions! We've just DOI'd Gould's 1858 "A monograph of the Trogonidæ" (trogons & quetzals): https://t.co/4r9MBbX8CC digitised for @BioDivLibrary by @mayrlibrary @Harvard #RetroPIDs
It's a Pitta so much of our historic literature is lacking DOIs. We're rectifying that! Every species description in Gould's "Monograph of the Pittidae" (1880-81) now has a DOI. #RetroPIDs @BioDivLibrary
Necklaced Pitta https://t.co/mWpWvBhoh6
Bengal Pitta https://t.co/vSB5IeMBu2
Historic species descriptions otter have DOIs! Audubon's "Quadrupeds of North America" 1851-1854. Check. #RetroPIDs
Canada Otter, Lutra canadensis: https://t.co/kkYXTVtniN
Sea Otter, Enhydra marina: https://t.co/fmScu26MhL
(digitised for @BioDivLibrary by @DukeU @rubensteinlib)
Q. What does "Paradise" mean for a historic publication?
A. Being discoverable & persistently citable within the modern linked network of knowledge.
I present John Gould's birds of paradise, now with DOIs. e.g. https://t.co/JkTHWHHzzf #RetroPIDs
More: https://t.co/hWDbcls6Te
I believe I have found our baby's ancestors on @BioDivLibrary: the Short-haired Blue Cat from Russia (1903) #RussianBlue (now this tweet counts as work) https://t.co/2hILlJEeF3
Looking for a penguin-impersonating kiwi? Look no further. I present the first published description of a kiwi (aka penguin) from George Shaw's The Naturalist's Miscellany (1813). Now complete with a DOI: https://t.co/NYbgfHKAAR via @BioDivLibrary @museumsvictoria #RetroPIDs
Meet the Bamffian Lobster, described by George Shaw in 1979: "This curious species is distinguished by the enormous length of its arms, as well as by the Angular elegance of the upper part of the thorax". https://t.co/7pTPRQLx6S via @museumsvictoria @BioDivLibrary #RetroPIDs