| 1934 |
Avery Index founded as separate card file in Avery Library by Talbot F. Hamlin (Avery Librarian 1934-1945), in order to establish bibliographic control over the extensive collection of architectural periodical literature |
| 1950s |
Retrospective indexing of four crucial American periodicals: American Architect, Architectural Forum, Architectural Record, and Progressive Architecture (1876, 1892, 1891, and 1920, respectively) |
| 1965 |
G.K. Hall published the 1st edition of the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, followed by its seven supplements |
| 1973 |
2nd edition of the Index, incorporated all previous volumes |
| 1974 |
1st Supplement |
| 1976 |
2nd Supplement |
| 1979 |
3rd Supplement: also included retrospective indexing of six magazines, some dating back to 1860. These are American Art Journal, American Art Review, Architectural Sketch Book (Boston), Builder and Woodworker (1880-1882), L'Information d'Histoire de l'Art, Metropolitan Museum Journal, and Revue de l'Art |
| 1979 |
Avery Index goes online as first Special Database on RLIN |
| 1983 |
Getty adopts Avery Index as an operating program and Index staff enlarged |
| 1985 |
4th Supplement issued by G.K. Hall generated from online machine-readable format (covering 1979-82) |
| 1986-1998 |
5th-18th Supplements published covering the years 1983-1997 (4 volumes each) |
| 1987 |
Optiram converts 3rd Supplement through OCR & artificial intelligence. 11,000 records added to database |
| 1987-1995 |
Avery Index available through DIALOG |
| 1992 |
2nd Supplement (1975-76) selected for a test which would compare manual inputting of records in terms of time spent and cost, with the scanned OPTIRAM records. Results at the end of the month-long test demonstrated the efficiency of the manual method for small amounts of data |
| 1992 |
Avery Index transitions from Special Database in RLIN to RLIN's CitaDel file of citation indexes |
| 1994 |
CD-ROM released by G.K. Hall. It contained over 135,000 records dating from 1977-1992. New editions issued annually |
| 1994 |
The Avery Reference File (ARF) migrated from being a special database on RLIN to being part of the Authorities file |
| 1998 |
Saztec conversion test of 1,000 cards |
| 1999-2000 |
NEH/Delmas Grant proposal, RFP and conversion of 150,000 cards by Duncan Systems |
| 2000-2001 |
Cleanup of reconverted personal names |
| 2000-2001 |
13,000 Avery Obituary records converted by Duncan Systems and added to the Avery Index online |
| 2002-2003 |
Conversion of Burnham Index from Art Institute of Chicago by Duncan Systems |
| 2003-2006 |
Avery Index distributed worldwide on CSA, EBSCO, NISC, and RLG |
| 2006-2007 |
Avery Index transitions from RLG Eureka to OCLC FirstSearch |
