Quick checklist for hosts

• Please arrive at your designated transcription station at least 5 minutes before your shift starts.
• Hosts should bring a laptop with them.
• Transcription stations are located on the first floor of Raynor near the Library Services Desk (11am-12:30pm) and on the second floor of the Lemonis Center for Student Success near the Ask Me Desk (1pm-2:30pm).
• Materials and supplies at the morning Raynor station will be brought to Lemonis for the afternoon session.

Open the following links on your laptop for reference:

Welcome would-be transcribers:

1. Ask everyone to sign in: first and last name, email, MU affiliation (student, faculty, staff), and reasons for attending (i.e., class, club, personal interest). Our goal is to get a headcount for the Douglass Day organization.  We will not be sharing or retaining personal information.
2. Ask what brings them to the transcribe-a-thon.
   • Some students may be attending for extra credit in a particular class. If so, find out what kind of documentation they need (e.g., selfie, email from hosts) and help provide it.
   • Note: Ott tutors do not use their personal email accounts for Ott business. If they need to send email documentation of participation, they can forward relevant info (i.e., student name, faculty name, faculty email, course, time of participation) to writingcenter@marquette.edu and reception will take it from there.
3. Find out if would-be transcribers have participated before or are new:
   • For returning transcribers: Chat briefly about past experiences
   • For new transcribers: Welcome them and let them know transcribing is fun, easy, and really interesting (e.g., as a form of highly interactive reading, as a way to learn new things)
4. For all transcribers, offer a quick intro to this year’s focus, the African American Perspectives Collection. The foundation of this collection was originally curated by Daniel Murray, the second African American Librarian of Congress. By transcribing these works, we can make them openly accessible to anyone with an internet connection.
5. Segue to transcribing by suggesting transcribers review the tutorials in the Quick Start guide.
6. Then share this link to the transcription site, which will also be on the half-page cheat-sheet: https://crowd.loc.gov/

Additional notes:

Chatting while transcribing is welcome and encouraged! Often, transcribers can wind up working on the same item/document and help each other with any tricky choices that come up. Everyone is welcome to take pictures, including selfies to document participation and screenshots of their work.