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*April 17, 2017: Second  [[Transcribathon]], in association with The University of Connecticut Humanities Institute. From 4 pm – 7 pm in the Homer D. Babbidge Library, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.  
*April 17, 2017: Second  [[Transcribathon]], in association with The University of Connecticut Humanities Institute. From 4 pm – 7 pm in the Homer D. Babbidge Library, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.  
*May 18, 2017: Second "Brews and Brevigraphs" or [[Transcribathon]] at the Folger Shakespeare Library as part of  [http://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Early_Modern_Manuscripts_Online:_New_Directions_in_Teaching_and_Research Early Modern Manuscripts Online: New Directions in Teaching and Research]<br>
*May 18, 2017: Second "Brews and Brevigraphs" or [[Transcribathon]] at the Folger Shakespeare Library as part of  [http://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Early_Modern_Manuscripts_Online:_New_Directions_in_Teaching_and_Research Early Modern Manuscripts Online: New Directions in Teaching and Research]<br>
*April 24, 2018: [[Transcribathon]] in association with SUNY University of Buffalo 's Experiential Learning Network; the Center of Excellence in Writing; Digital Composition Lab; Department of Theatre and Dance; Early Modern Research Workshop. From 10am – 3pm. Folger staff attending to lead and support the transcribathon: Sarah Powell.
*April 24, 2018: [[Transcribathon]] in association with SUNY University of Buffalo's Experiential Learning Network; the Center of Excellence in Writing; Digital Composition Lab; Department of Theatre and Dance; Early Modern Research Workshop. From 10am – 3pm. Folger staff attending to lead and support the transcribathon: Sarah Powell.
*June 7, 2018: [[Transcribathon]] as part of the Mellon Summer Institute in English Paleography at the Folger Shakespeare Library taught by Heather Wolfe. From 10am – 5pm.
*June 7, 2018: [[Transcribathon]] as part of the Mellon Summer Institute in English Paleography at the Folger Shakespeare Library taught by Heather Wolfe. From 10am – 5pm.
*November 9, 2018: [https://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2018-19/transcribathon-fall-2018.html// Transcribathon] in association with [http://www.library.vcu.edu// VCU Libraries] and the Superscripts, a student group within the [http://www.english.vcu.edu// VCU department of English] at the University of Virginia Commonwealth, Richmond, VA.
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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 Early Modern Manuscripts Online.

Resources developed by EMMO partners for using Dromio during transcribathons:


A timeline of EMMO transcribathons:



Transcribathons using Dromio, the Folger's online transcription tool (this list is not exhaustive because we can't keep track of all of them; let us know if you would like to be added to this list!):


Further links:

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
Wellesley Transcribathon
The Collation EMMO
Liza Blake's post on hosting a transcribathon for EMROC