Location: The Digital Composition Lab of the Center for Excellence in Writing, 128 Capen, inside The Silverman Library

Training in digital transcription, with an emphasis on early modern texts, by paleographer Sarah Powell from the Folger Shakespeare Library

Stay the day, stop by for an hour or two, or just look in on the Lab and the action!

Sponsored by The UB Experiential Learning Network, The Center for Excellence in Writing, The Digital Composition Lab, The UB Early Modern Research Workshop, The UB Technē Institute, the UB Department of English, and the UB Libraries
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Transcribathon

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.

Early Modern Manuscripts Online (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.

https://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Transcribathon