FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 15, 2023
Contact: Eileen Lawrence or Iris Hanney
Coherent Digital LLC Acquires Accessible Archives Inc.
[Alexandria, June 15, 2023] Coherent Digital LLC, the publisher of History Commons, today announced its acquisition of Accessible Archives Inc. The acquisition will add twenty-four new collections to Coherent Digital’s history portfolio.
Coherent Digital LLC has retained Unlimited Priorities LLC. Unlimited Priorities LLC will continue to manage all Accessible Archives processes until a successful migration has occurred. This will include, but not be limited to, sales, marketing, licensing, IT, production, COUNTER, and all related partnerships.
“Unlimited Priorities and the team from Coherent Digital have for decades worked successfully on getting products into the information industry, which will make this a very smooth process,” said Iris L. Hanney, President of Unlimited Priorities LLC.
"Accessible Archives is known for landmark digital collections, including notable content in African American and women’s history, and country-wide county histories," said Stephen Rhind-Tutt, President and CEO of Coherent Digital. "These will become an integral part of an expanded History Commons platform, opening fresh avenues for historical research."
“We are striving for a smooth acquisition and transition for both companies’ customers,” said Eileen Lawrence, Vice President of Sales.
Accessible Archives has digitized newspapers, periodicals, books, and primary sources representing North America in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. All of the content is XML TEI-lite and re-keyed, creating highly accurate primary sources suitable for data mining and extremely effective searching for researchers.
Coherent Digital has built an award-winning user interface. When Accessible Archives’ high-quality content joins the History Commons platform, users will have a tool with enhanced value.
About Coherent Digital LLC
Coherent Digital was founded in 2019 by industry veterans including Stephen Rhind-Tutt, Toby Green, Eileen Lawrence, Pete Ciuffetti, and others. Our mission is to find important content and make it useful. Through Coherent, information is saved, uniquely tagged, stabilized, and made discoverable. Coherent Digital publishes collections on its Commons platforms: Policy Commons, Africa Commons, History Commons, South Asia Commons, Mindscape Commons, and Canada Commons.
About Accessible Archives Inc.®
Accessible Archives employs a team of digital technology and conversion specialists to deliver vast quantities of archived historical information, previously only available in microform, hard copy, or image-only formats. Our databases, containing diverse primary source materials such as leading books, newspapers, and periodicals, reflect a broad range of perspectives across 18th-, 19th-, and early 20th-century America.
About Unlimited Priorities LLC ®
Unlimited Priorities LLC utilizes its highly skilled group of professionals to provide a variety of support services to small and medium-sized companies in the information industry. The Archival Initiatives Division (AID) offers practical consultative services to libraries, historical societies, and associations. AID provides advice and assistance in archival content selection, rights ownership, project management, workflow analysis, production, distribution of converted content and interaction with commercial entities. By coordinating a library’s project requirements with commercial firms’ interests, Unlimited Priorities creates an atmosphere of mutual cooperation while organizing a successful process at a reasonable cost.
For more information, please contact:
Iris L. Hanney, President
Unlimited Priorities LLC
239-549-2384
iris.hanney@unlimitedpriorities.com
Eileen Lawrence, VP of Sales
Coherent Digital, LLC
202-495-1084