ANA'S MANLEY NUMISMATIC LIBRARY REOPENS

Lending and copying services from the ANA's Dwight N. Manley Numismatic Library will resume on a limited basis beginning March 18. (The library has been closed for COVID precautionary measures.) We ask patrons for their patience as turn-around times will be slower than usual while the ANA continues working with reduced on-site staffing.

Members can access the world's largest numismatic lending library and its more than 128,000 books, auction catalogs, periodicals and DVDs. The library features resources and materials including but not limited to coins, paper money, tokens, medals, military orders and decorations, and stocks and bonds. There are also volumes on collecting in general, economics, and banks and banking.

While more and more numismatic information is available online today, numismatic libraries remain as relevant and valuable as ever. A vast amount of information remains in-copyright and/or undigitized. A hardcopy book is often the only source of certain information, and physical books in hand remain generally easier and faster for reading and consulting.

Have a look in the online library catalog for your topics of interest. And if you're not already an ANA member, consider joining. -Editor

"A year after the pandemic shut everything down, the ANA Library is back! ANA members can check out books from the library and have them shipped.

"The ANA announced the library’s opening yesterday in their monthly Money Mail. After reading it, I found my notes with the four books I want to consult and submitted a request.

"The ANA Library might be the most underused benefit of being an ANA member. The library contains many hard-to-find and expensive books that might be useful for a short time. All you do is pay for the shipping in both directions, and the entire world of numismatics is delivered to your mailbox.

"Books are an excellent resource for information that is no longer in the mainstream. For example, I developed an interest in foreign coins used as legal tender in the United States and the foreign coins struck by the U.S. Mint. There are a few resources, and they are challenging to find. None of the books are available in digital format.

"Having a ready library of references helps satisfy my curiosity. A few of the books have references to scanned books and articles found online at both the Newman Numismatic Portal and the Government Printing Office. These resources help in providing background to my reading.

"Having access to the digitized editions of the Numismatist also helps. ANA members can access the complete library of the Numismatist via their website or a smartphone app. It has been common to have the app open on my iPad while staring into the computer screen reading another resource."

To read the complete article, see:
ANA Library Opens Again (http://coinsblog.ws/2021/03/ana-library-opens-again.html)