About Us

For more information about the METAscripta project, see our online exhibit: 

https://metascripta.omeka.net/exhibits/show/vflmicrofilm

For questions about researching manuscripts using the METAscripta digital resource, please contact: 

Project Investigator: Debra Taylor Cashion, PhD, MLIS

debra.cashion@slu.edu

For questions about the METAscripta user interface including how we built it, please contact:

Software Architect/Webmaster: Philip (Ben) Bakelaar, MLIS

philip.bakelaar@slu.edu

For questions about research at the Vatican Film Library in St. Louis: 

Assistant Dean for Special Collections: Gregory Pass, PhD, MALS

gregory.pass@slu.edu

We would also like to acknowledge the following support from: 

Saint Louis University Research Growth Fund

David Cassens, Dean University Libraries

David Gohara, former Director of Computational Research

Kenneth Olliff, Vice President for Research

Haroon Iqbal and Sam Deeljore, University ITS

Glen Robson, IIIF Technical Coordinator

Daniel Berthereau, Omeka/IIIF developer

Erica Lauriello, Patron Services Coordinator, Pius XII Library

Donna Neely, Office Administrator, Pius XII Library

Ann Scales, Post-award Specialist, Grant Operations (GO) Center 

SLU students and former students who have worked on this project since its inception include:

Kirsten Buckner, Conor Dorn, Bing Han, Blake Hartung, Genna Hilbing, Jerris Kirkwood, Jacob Kopfensteiner, Bailey McCulloch, Emma McGilvray, Francesco Moro, Amy Nelson, Evie Nguyen, Kate Perko, Beth Petitjean, Annie Pham, Sugandh Raj, Xander Sisco, Olivia Smithhisler, George Summers, Margaret Mary Summers, Srihaas Tammareddy, Katherine Tang, Sai Tanikonda, John Thorpe, Natalie Whitaker