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RESPONSIBILITY 



The Directory of Zoological Taxonomists was started in October 

 1956 at the instigation of the National Science Foundation and with 

 funds provided by the Foundation. The grant was later extended for a 

 third year, but a fourth year was found necessary and was financed by 

 the Society of Systematic Zoology. 



All details of coverage, procedure, and style were determined by 

 the compilers. Many situations called for novel solutions, and no model 

 was found which could be followed for the many problems of alpha- 

 betization, diacritic marks, arrangement, format, abbreviations, symbols, 

 and so on. 



Publication was handled by the Southern Illinois University Press. 

 This did not include composition, as the final typescript prepared by the 

 compilers was used directly to produce the offset-lithography plates for 

 printing. 



COVERAGE 



At the beginning, the compilers, with approval of the Society of 

 Systematic Zoology, decided that coverage should be world-wide and 

 should include specialties on fossil animals (paleontologists). Although 

 it had originally been suggested to us that inclusion should be limited to 

 "qualified" taxonomists, it was at once evident that there is no way to 

 determine the qualifications of 9000 candidates. It was therefore decided 

 to include all who submitted appropriate data, as well as those recom- 



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