Electronic Scriptorium Signs Agreement with Rockefeller Archive Center

LEESBURG, VA — Electronic Scriptorium, Ltd., a leading provider of archives conversion and digitization services, announced today that it has signed an agreement with the Rockefeller Archive Center (RAC) of Sleepy Hollow, NY, to convert RAC's finding aids from print to electronic database format.

Under the agreement, Electronic Scriptorium will create approximately 62,000 database records from 7,500 pages of Rockefeller Foundation finding aids, which are used by researchers to locate materials in one of RAC's main collections. Finding aids typically present special conversion challenges due to their complexity and hierarchical nature.

"We're very pleased to have been selected by RAC to convert its finding aids and to play an important role in implementing a new collections management database," said Edward M. Leonard, president of Electronic Scriptorium. "Once the conversion is completed, researchers and RAC staff alike will benefit from faster and more targeted access to the historic and important Rockefeller Foundation collection."

Future collaborations will address the finding aids of the Social Science Research Council and the Nelson A. Rockefeller material that comprises a portion of the Rockefeller Family Archives. This future project will make available an additional 32,000 database records for scholarly research.

Electronic Scriptorium, Ltd., solves complex information management and data conversion problems for corporations, government agencies, libraries, museums and other institutions. The company enjoys a business association with communities of monks and nuns who underpin a highly educated workforce that meets exacting standards of quality and accuracy. Electronic Scriptorium provides expertise in archives conversion, finding aids automation, bibliographic services, image cataloging, document conversion, XML/HTML encoding, offshore data conversion and related services.

The Rockefeller Archive Center, a division of The Rockefeller University, was established in 1974 to assemble, process, and make available for scholarly research the papers of the Rockefeller family and the records of various philanthropic and educational institutions founded by the family, including The Rockefeller University, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. The Center's 35,000 cubic feet of documents, 500,000 photographs, and 3000 films provide unique insights into worldwide developments and issues of the 19th and 20th centuries.