Transcription Night: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 12:02, 5 January 2017

To date Early Modern Manuscripts Online (EMMO) has sponsored three Transcription Nights at The Big Board upstairs on May 19th, 2015 from 5:30-8:30 pm, December 15th, 2015 from 5:30pm-8:30pm & June 7th, 2016 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm.

Transcription Night Flyer

Come try your eyes at reading/transcribing some fun sixteenth and seventeenth manuscripts from the Folger Shakespeare Library's extensive collection.

Teams will compete for the golden quill and other prizes as they transcribe a variety of manuscript pages:

Recipes to recover from too much celebrating

Ghost stories to be sung

Bawdy poetry

Drinking songs

and more

Staff from the EMMO Project will be on hand to introduce you quickly to the art of paleography, the study of archaic handwriting, and get you started with a transcription. Easy-to-use online tools provided; no experience required.

Light snacks and refreshments will be provided; additional food and drink will be available from The Big Board's menu for purchase. The Big Board is just a short walk up 4th Street from the Folger Shakespeare Library (or, just under a mile from Union Station and NoMa/Gallaudet University metro stations). If you like word puzzles and history (and refreshments), you should consider stopping by!

Early Modern Manuscripts Online (EMMO) is an IMLS-funded project that will provide scholars and the general public with free, convenient access to a searchable database of transcriptions.

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-[[EMMO | Early Modern Manuscripts Online]] (EMMO) is sponsoring a Transcription Night at [[http://thebigboarddc.com/ The Big Board]] upstairs on Tuesday, May19th from 5:30-8:30 pm.
+To date [[EMMO | Early Modern Manuscripts Online]] (EMMO) has sponsored three Transcription Nights at [http://thebigboarddc.com/ The Big Board] upstairs on May 19th, 2015 from 5:30-8:30 pm, December 15th, 2015 from 5:30pm-8:30pm & June 7th, 2016 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm.
+[[File:EMMO-TNight.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Transcription Night Flyer]]
-[[File:folger_poster2_v6.jpg|thumb|right|250px|UVa Transcribathon Poster]]
+Come try your eyes at reading/transcribing some fun sixteenth and seventeenth manuscripts from the Folger Shakespeare Library's extensive collection.
-Come lend a hand with one of the Folger Shakespeare Library's new and exciting digital humanities endeavors, their Early Modern Manuscripts Online database (EMMO).
+Teams will compete for the golden quill and other prizes as they transcribe a variety of manuscript pages:
-Come learn about paleography, the study of old handwriting, and try out our user-friendly software tools as you transcribe the Renaissance! Beginners and experts welcome - Folger staff and UVa graduate students will be on hand to assist in all aspects of creating  semi-diplomatic transcriptions; mini races will run throughout the day with prizes awarded!
+:Recipes to recover from too much celebrating<br>
+:Ghost stories to be sung<br>
+:Bawdy poetry<br>
+:Drinking songs<br>
+:and more<br>
+Staff from the EMMO Project will be on hand to introduce you quickly to the art of paleography, the study of archaic handwriting, and get you started with a transcription. Easy-to-use online tools provided; no experience required.
-Come investigate a selection of the Folger's sixteenth and seventeenth century documents, including poetical miscellanies, letters, and Edmund Spenser's ''View of the Present State of Ireland''.
+Light snacks and refreshments will be provided; additional food and drink will be available from The Big Board's menu for purchase. The Big Board is just a short walk up 4th Street from the Folger Shakespeare Library (or, just under a mile from Union Station and NoMa/Gallaudet University metro stations). If you like word puzzles and history (and refreshments), you should consider stopping by!
-Stop in to try a few words and learn about the process, or get cozy with a whole document!
+Early Modern Manuscripts Online (EMMO) is an IMLS-funded project that will provide scholars and the general public with free, convenient access to a searchable database of transcriptions.
-At 12 pm, bring your lunch and eat our snacks while listening to Dr. Heather Wolfe, Curator of Manuscripts for the Folger, give a talk on
-"Why Manuscripts Matter: an introduction to early modern manuscripts online"
-Hosted by the Folger Shakespeare Library, and in partnership with Rare Book School, the event supports the first phase of the Folger's online manuscript database, EMMO, gathering transcriptions in order to create a corpus that will then be vetted for accuracy and encoded. Funded by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, EMMO will eventually include thousands of pages of the Folger's manuscripts in an online database that will make the collection accessible and searchable.
 [[Category: Digital humanities]]
 [[Category: Digital Folger]]