Just got mail back from the ANA, I am an official ANA member!

coinguy89

Got my ID card and bookelt full of info in the mail today. I have a couple of maybe obvious questions about it. First off, what should I do with the card, I was thinking about laminating it, should I not let others see my member number? It says that if the book you want to check out is out of print or too rare, they will photo copy the pages you want at a certain cost per page. I was told by another forum member that that is illegal, I was gonna do that myself with the books that I liked that were too expensive or old. How is that handled, whats the deal? When do I recieve my first Numismatist? If you have any other newbie tips for people that just joined the ANA please let me know, or things I should be doing or looking at, or purchasing, please let me know. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Im up the ladder in coin collecting.

JrGMan2004

Congrats...

Coinerww

Congrats.

kranky

I can't think of any reason to keep your member number confidential, but on the other hand I can't think of any reason why you'd need to tell anyone, either.

Gonfunko

I keep my membership card in a safe place and framed my membership certificate. You'll probably receive your first Numismatist in 1-2 months, maybe less. I had to wait a while, but it may be because I'm out of Puerto Rico and it got left in the ship. Check out some of their books and videos - now that you're a member, you should be able to get a discount.

Tootawl

If you come to Pittsburgh, we'll show you the super-secret ANA handshake. Please bring your ID card for proper identification!

GoYankees

Congrats! Scott. Just got mine in last week.



-mark

wam98

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Strat

Laminate your membership card. If you put it in your wallet like me, it will get beat up real soon.

Bayside

FatMan

Welcome to the club.

jeffnpcb

When my five year membership is run out, I'm out of there! The whole legal thing has made my feelings sour for the org.! It is a great organization, but I don't like the direction they are heading with this decision! It is a self-serving concept for dealers and the hierarchy in this org.! Especially STUPPID, er, Stuppler and the PNG!

mercurynut

Congrats!

jhar

Wecome, now that you are "Legal"!!

I believe that coping pages from books is ok, as long as you don't try to sell them or use them for anything other than your personal purposes.

I mean, you can go to the public library and copy stuff all you want as long as you have enough change for the copier!!

Later

stujoe

Congrats and welcome to the club!

Numismanic

tonyhar

My ANA Membership card arrived in the post today, so another member has joined the club.

MrEureka

Welcome aboard!

astrorat

Welcome to the ANA!

Regarding your question about photocoping . . .

You bring up two separate issues. First, for you to photocopy a complete book, it is illegal (assuming the book is copyrighted and not in the public domain). Second, photocopying a section (i.e. certain pages, chapter, etc) is legal if you are using it for your own use and not distributing it or selling it or providing a reproduction as part of other materials you create and distribute. The process is often referred to as "fair use". This is how students and teachers can photocopy journal articles for their studies, research, or classroom. The librarians at the ANA are very smart and honorable folks and would not knowingly do anything illegal.

Lane