This resource is incredible, many thanks to all involved.

Some specialty numismatic organizations, however, have permitted substantial portions of their publication backfiles to be hosted by the NNP. Will this cause a decline in memberships?

Note: the latest issue of the Gobrecht Journal is #128, so there is a lag between distribution to the members of the LSCC and making it available for free to everyone. I believe this strikes a good balance, as it provides the people who support the club financially with first crack at info on the new discoveries. And by sharing all the earlier issues with the public, it makes more people aware of the extent of the research done by club members (and thus encourages new members to join).

The common stuff was already of little commercial value. The rarities are worth less now, but they'll bounce back. Bibliophiles will be bibliophiles, even if they can no longer justify their purchases as "valuable research material". In other words, they must now face their addiction head on, but that doesn't mean they will kick the habit.

Invariably, advances in technology and changes in cultural environments lead to some people incurring financial losses. In this case, the financial losses are minimal and the cultural gains are tremendous. Moreover, it would not be optimal for buyers who demand rare numismatic literature for information to be competing against buyers who demand the same items as collector's items, with the idea of touching them to a minimal extent. Given advances in technology, the hard work by Augsburger, Burdette, Feigenbaum, etc., and the generous funding from the EPNNES, it is logical for the rare items in physical reality to be acquired by people who desire such items as part of collecting plans, and for information-seekers to achieve their goals without depriving collectors of rare items.

Excellent! A big thank you to Eric P. Newman, the people at Stacks, and all involved. What a great resource and thanks for sharing! I think I might leave the Dice Hicks catalog permanently tabbed...

Thank you to all involved in this magnificent project. And this is coming from a guy who has lugged my large numismatic and auction catalog collection from home to home several times in two states over the past 10 years. It is actually faster to use the online resource than to refer to my own library 10 feet away from my desk now! Well, at the least my customers are impressed with my library!

I feel like a guy on a horse who just saw his first automobile.