Dear OCL staff,
Oberlin College Libraries will be celebrating Frederick Douglass’ birthday by participating in the Frederick Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon event on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. This year’s theme is “Black Women in the Colored Conventions.” We will focus on transcribing the records of the Colored Conventions, the nineteenth century’s longest campaign for Black civil rights. Together we can learn about the long history of Black activism — including the important roles of Black women in the conventions.
If you’ve never done any transcription before, it’s okay! No experience is necessary, and online tutorials are available to help. So are your librarians 🙂 Check out our Douglass Day guide for links to transcription tips and practice: https://libguides.oberlin.edu/douglassday.
OCL’s Douglass Day event will run (virtually via Zoom) from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. You can drop in for as long (or as little) as you are able.
We encourage you (and your students!) to join in this fun, crowdsourcing effort as we create and preserve Black history together during a collective day of love & action for Black history. For more information on Douglass Day, go to: https://douglassday.org/.
Please register for Oberlin College Libraries’ virtual Douglass Day event here: https://tiny.cc/OCLDouglassDay2022.
This is super cool! Thank you for sharing, Eboni!
I hope you’ll consider joining the fun!