The American Numismatic Society is pleased to announce theappointment of David Hill as its Francis D. Campbell Librarian. He will take up the position onNovember 17, 2014.

Selected from a broad pool of candidates after an extensive search, David brings twenty years oflibrary and archives experience to the position. He holds a master of library science degree fromthe University at Albany as well as undergraduate and graduate degrees in American history. Hisprofessional work has included positions at the Columbia University Archives and ColumbianaLibrary, 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 ofnumismatics, having served as the ANS's part-time Archivist for last five years. He has publishedhis research in articles on a variety of numismatic subjects, including the Chapman Brothers coinfirm, the opening of the Shanghai Mint, and coin scholar and ANS president Edward Newell. David'sarticle on the French medalist Louis-Oscar Roty will be published in the next issue of ANSMagazine. During his time as the Society's Archivist, David also served as a referencelibrarian at Iona College in New Rochelle, where he showed an eagerness and aptitude for publicservice, assisting and instructing students, staff, and community patrons.

During his time at the ANS, David has worked closely with the Society's web and databasedeveloper Ethan Gruber in the development of ARCHER, the online archives publication system. Thistool, which began as a means to publish archival finding aids online, now includes a platform fordisplaying full-text page scans that can be linked into other online systems, with the handwrittennotebooks 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 publishedworks in the library, such as auction catalogs. I'm looking forward to working with the curatorialstaff as we integrate digitized library resources with systems like the Online Coins of the RomanEmpire (OCRE) and the MANTIS coin database."

Dr. Ute Wartenberg Kagan, Executive Director of the Society, said, "I am very pleased that DavidHill will take over this key position in our organization and continue the work carried out by hispredecessors, Elizabeth Hahn Benge and Francis D. Campbell." The Harry W. Bass Jr. Library of theSociety is one of the most important numismatic libraries in the world, housing over 100,000 itemsrelated to numismatics and related fields. The archives, which contains records of both the Societyand various members, dealers, and collectors, has become an important source for researchers inU.S. and world numismatics.