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*April 17, 2016: [[Transcribathon]]  in conjunction with the [http://library.sc.edu/p/collections/Rare?/ Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections] at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
*April 17, 2016: [[Transcribathon]]  in conjunction with the [http://library.sc.edu/p/collections/Rare?/ Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections] at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
*June 7, 2016: [[Transcription Night]] or [[Transcribathon]], 5:30-7:30 PM, at the Big Board on H Street.
*June 7, 2016: [[Transcription Night]] or [[Transcribathon]], 5:30-7:30 PM, at the Big Board on H Street.
*September 14, 2016:  [[Transcribathon]] in association with The UConn Humanities Institute. From 10 am – 4 pm in the Great Hall of the Alumni Center.  
*September 14, 2016:  [[Transcribathon]] in association with The UConn Humanities Institute. From 10 am – 4 pm in the Great Hall of the Alumni Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.  
*November 9, 2016: [[Transcribathon]] in conjunction with the [http://emroc.hypotheses.org// Early Modern Recipes Online Collective (EMROC)] at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC.
*November 9, 2016: [[Transcribathon]] in conjunction with the [http://emroc.hypotheses.org// Early Modern Recipes Online Collective (EMROC)] at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC.
*December 6, 2016: "Paleography Pub Night!" or [[Transcribathon]] at the Folger Shakespeare Library. A joint event between [http://www.folger.edu/2016-2017-institute-scholarly-programs#Introduction-to-English-Paleography Introduction to English Paleography] & Practical Paleography.
*December 6, 2016: "Paleography Pub Night!" or [[Transcribathon]] at the Folger Shakespeare Library. A joint event between [http://www.folger.edu/2016-2017-institute-scholarly-programs#Introduction-to-English-Paleography Introduction to English Paleography] & Practical Paleography.

Revision as of 15:39, 5 January 2017

A transcribathon is an event running for a pre-determined number of hours (generally, 3-12 hours), in which participants transcribe and encode manuscripts, individually or in small groups, in the same room or across many rooms simultaneously.

If you are interested in hosting an EMMO transcribathon at your institution, please contact Heather Wolfe (hwolfe@folger.edu). EMMO transcribathons generally involve food, fun, entertaining manuscripts, transcription sprints, prizes, and an easy-to-use online transcription platform called Dromio. We tailor the manuscript content and the difficulty of the handwriting to the needs of the host institution, and offer a short tutorial in deciphering secretary hand if desired.

Transcriptions from past and future EMMO transcribathons will be added to a searchable EMMO database and made available to users beginning in 2017.

A timeline of EMMO transcribathons:

Further links:

The Collation EMMO
BBC World News: Cookbook features recipes to cure the plague
VCU Transcribathon: Creating and empowering a community of new paleographers
VCU Transcribathon: Can you read early modern English?
The Community of the Transcribathon