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  • 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    information is out of date.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]

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