Joanne Isaac of the American Numismatic Society forward this announcement of their
new librarian. Thanks. -Editor
The American Numismatic Society is pleased to announce the
appointment of David Hill as its Francis D. Campbell Librarian. He will take up the position on
November 17, 2014.
Selected from a broad pool of candidates after an extensive search, David brings twenty years of
library and archives experience to the position. He holds a master of library science degree from
the University at Albany as well as undergraduate and graduate degrees in American history. His
professional work has included positions at the Columbia University Archives and Columbiana
Library, where he served as assistant director, as well as the Berkshire County Historical Society
(Massachusetts) and the Westchester County Archives. David has demonstrated a knowledge of
numismatics, having served as the ANS’s part-time Archivist for last five years. He has published
his research in articles on a variety of numismatic subjects, including the Chapman Brothers coin
firm, the opening of the Shanghai Mint, and coin scholar and ANS president Edward Newell. David’s
article on the French medalist Louis-Oscar Roty will be published in the next issue of ANS
Magazine. During his time as the Society’s Archivist, David also served as a reference
librarian at Iona College in New Rochelle, where he showed an eagerness and aptitude for public
service, assisting and instructing students, staff, and community patrons.
During his time at the ANS, David has worked closely with the Society’s web and database
developer Ethan Gruber in the development of ARCHER, the online archives publication system. This
tool, which began as a means to publish archival finding aids online, now includes a platform for
displaying full-text page scans that can be linked into other online systems, with the handwritten
notebooks of Edward Newell serving as the first test case. “This is a very exciting development,”
David says, “and one that I see being applied not only to manuscripts but to the older published
works in the library, such as auction catalogs. I’m looking forward to working with the curatorial
staff as we integrate digitized library resources with systems like the Online Coins of the Roman
Empire (OCRE) and the MANTIS coin database.”
Dr. Ute Wartenberg Kagan, Executive Director of the Society, said, “I am very pleased that David
Hill will take over this key position in our organization and continue the work carried out by his
predecessors, Elizabeth Hahn Benge and Francis D. Campbell.” The Harry W. Bass Jr. Library of the
Society is one of the most important numismatic libraries in the world, housing over 100,000 items
related to numismatics and related fields. The archives, which contains records of both the Society
and various members, dealers, and collectors, has become an important source for researchers in
U.S. and world numismatics.
Congratulations to David on this important new position. Furthering digitization
is a huge task, but one which will open the library's resources to a much boarder audience of
researchers ad collectors. We'll look forward to working with him in the future. -Editor
Wayne Homren, Editor
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