Vernon CMS is designed to handle any kind of specialist collection, from sports equipment to natural sciences. Two common types of collections are reference libraries and archives. Vernon CMS has several features to support these collection types.

Lorena Bradford, Manager of Accessibility Programs, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, discussed their project for creating detailed descriptions of objects in their collection to aid the visually impaired.

Alex von der Becke attended the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections conference in Edinburgh and came back with these tips from Erika Anderson, Curator of Mineralogy at the Canadian Museum of Nature.