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Summary subject collecting information (definitions of the ALG collecting levels are available for reference):
Comments: Links to subject area http://www.students.trinity.wa.edu.au/library/subjects/science/biology/websites.htm Comments: Richard Booth formed collection of 231 items on evolution provides a little historical depth. Comments: Strengths include publications of the Linnean Society of London, and microfilm copies of manuscripts held by the Society, which relate to Australia. Relevant material from the British Museum (Natural History) is held as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project and commercially published microfilm sets. Botanists such as Sir Joseph Banks and Robert Brown, and artists such as Ferdinand Bauer, Susan Fereday, Ellis Rowan and Adam Forster are also represented. Comments: Mathews Ornithological Collection from noted ornithologist Gregory Macalister Mathews (1876-1949), comprises books, pamphlets, reprints, manuscripts & pictorial material is regarded as the most comprehensive collection relating to the study of Australian birds to be assembled. Include watercolours by the Cayleys, John Gould, J.W. Lewin & Lilian Medland; manuscripts include those of Mathews himself, Gould & Sylvester Diggles. Also hold National Photographic Index of Australian Birds. Comments: collection of 6,000 volumes of periodicals and 600 monographic works on entomology from the library of Elwood C. Zimmerman, an authority on weevils and Pacific insects, provides some historic depth to the collection. Part of this collection is on long term loan to CSIRO Black Mountain.
Highlights of the collection:
The Black Mountain Library has strong collections in plant and entomological sciences, in both Australian and overseas materials, and considerable collection strengths in other subject areas, including water resources, mathematics and soil science. The Library's collections support research work at the Australian National Herbarium, and the Australian National Insect Collection.
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