The ANS Library: An Introduction

Elizabeth Hahn

Librarian

The American Numismatic Society

email: hahn@numismatics.org

The ANS Library: An Introduction

ANS Headquarters

75 Varick Street, 11th FloorNew York, NYU.S.A.

The object and mission of the Society shall be the creation and maintenance of the preeminent national institution advancing the study and public appreciation of coins, currency, medals, orders and decorations, and related objects of all cultures as historical and artistic documents and artifacts; by maintaining the foremost numismatic collection, museum, and library; by supporting scholarly research and publications; and by sponsoring educational and interpretive programs for diverse audiences.

ANS Mission Statement

Exhibition and Museum Loan Program

“Drachmas, Doubloons and Dollars: The History of Money”

Publications, Education

* Colonial Newsletter

* American Journal of Numismatics

* Numismatic Literature

* Numismatic Notes and Monographs

* Numismatic Studies

* Coinage of the Americas Conference

* Ancient Coins in North American Collections

* Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum

* Other ANS publications

* Books from other publishers

* ANS Magazine

Graduate Summer Seminar in Numismatics

Collections:- Approx. 100,000 items: monographs, auction catalogs, periodicals,

pamphlets, audio-visual materials, archives, rare books - Founded 1858, first Library acquisition in 1859 - 21 librarians from 1858 – 2009- Non-circulating, open stacks (except for rare book room)- Over 10,000 rare books (auction catalogs too)- Library online catalog, separate from archives and coin databases- Archives: ca. 750 feet of records, range 1858 – 2009- Primarily gifted acquisitions; Ca. 200 items cataloged per month

Users:- More than 300 non-staff users since January 2009- Average 100-150 reference requests per month- Reference questions: 40% email, 40% in-person, 15% phone, 5% post

ANS Library Collections: Facts and Figures

ANS Library Collections

• Greek and Roman• Islamic• U.S.• Medals• Decorations• Latin America• Spain, France, England…• Many more!

• Monographs• Auction catalogs• Fixed Price Lists• Pamphlets• Periodicals• Microfilm• DVDs, CDs, cassettes• 35 mm film

Archives -- Fulton

Archives -- now

Catalogs and Cataloging Born April 19, 2010

LOAC:

Library

Ordering,

Accessioning, and

Cataloging

Bibliographies

ANS Numismatic Literature : 1947 – 2008

Bibliographies

Numismatic Collections

Digital Library Numis – open access repository for digital publicationshttp://sites.google.com/site/digitallibrarynumis/

http://members.ziggo.nl/tverspag/NUMIS/

Elizabeth HahnLibrarian

The American Numismatic Society75 Varick Street, 11th Floor

NY, NY 10013telephone: +1(212)571-4470, ext. 170

email: hahn@numismatics.org

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/nyregion/16coins.html

The ANS Library: An Introduction