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R. Stanton Avery (January 13, 1907 – December 12, 1997) was an American inventor, [1] most known for creating self-adhesive labels (modern stickers).Using a $100 loan from his then-fiancé Dorothy Durfee, and combining used machine parts with a saber saw, he created and patented the world's first self-adhesive (also called pressure sensitive) die-cut labeling machine.
Vernon Systems has two major products, [3] widely used by the museum community: [4] Vernon CMS [5] is a modular desktop package designed to manage all types of collections; eHive [6] is a simple to use web-based cataloguing and public access system which includes integration with the WordPress content management system. eHive is free for low ...
Robert Stanton Avery (1808–1894) was an American mathematician. In 1846, he graduated from Harvard Divinity School , and soon after turned his attention to mathematics and physical sciences . He taught math in schools in the South, until he was drafted into the United States Coast Survey , during which he became the Chief of the Tidal Division .
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In library science, special collections (Spec. Coll. or S.C.) are libraries or library units that house materials requiring specialized security and user services.Special collections can be found in many different organisations including research libraries, universities, colleges, schools, national libraries, public libraries, museums, art galleries, archives, historic houses, cathedrals ...
In 1946, the company was incorporated as Avery Adhesive Label Corp., and the name was subsequently changed to Avery Adhesive Products, Inc. in 1958, and to Avery Products Corporation in 1964. [4] The name was changed again to Avery International Corporation in 1976, and it became Avery Dennison after the company merged with the Dennison ...
Collections Management Systems have their origins in cataloging and registration, and consequently, most systems manage information and records “from a curatorial and collections management perspective." [44] Conservation information in these systems is often limited to condition reporting and documentation of treatment history. While some ...
The L. Tom Perry Special Collections is the special collections department of Brigham Young University (BYU)'s Harold B. Lee Library in Provo, Utah. Founded in 1957 with 1,000 books and 50 manuscript collections, as of 2016 the Library's special collections contained over 300,000 books, 11,000 manuscript collections, and over 2.5 million ...