The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 52, December 11, 2005, Article 4

NUMISMATIC LIBRARY CARE & ORGANIZATION

Paul DiMarzio writes: "Since you've resurrected the
topic of library care, I wonder if you might also
consider bringing up the topic of library organization?
The library that I am building is not so much a collection
as it is a resource for me to do research in the areas
of Roman Imperial coinage and British hammered coinage.
For example I recently purchased a couple of very tattered
volumes of RIC, worthless as a collectible but invaluable
for the information contained within.

I have added to my library significantly over the past
year and have found in a few instances that I had relevant
material on my shelves that I forgot was there when doing
the work!  This is especially true of journals, periodicals,
pamphlets, etc.  Since I'm still pretty new at this I'd
love to hear some tips from members who have large working
libraries, both as to how the material is organized on
the shelves as well as how to better index what is actually
contained in the volumes.  Thanks!"

[One suggestion I'd make is to look at Tom Fort's catalogue
of his personal reference library.  A copy is available
on the NBS web site.  Tom put a lot of time into indexing
the articles of interest to him in his periodicals, and
this makes it very easy for him to relocate them when
needed for research.  Fort Library
-Editor]

Pete Smith writes: "This week's E-Sylum has a question
about preserving items in a numismatic library. I recall
in the past someone wrote a book on "Building, Maintaining
and Disposing of a Numismatic Library." I am sure some
information is out of date. However, the book might be
useful for some readers. Perhaps some E-Sylum reader
recalls the author and can suggest where to obtain a copy
of this book."

Jim McNerney writes: "I found this on The Canadian Coin
Reference Site: Canadian Reference Site
canadiancoin,com "

[The link is to a 1996 Bibliography of Standards and
Selected References Related to Preservation in Libraries.
-Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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