Thank you for your interest in the upcoming transcribe-a-thon for The American Soldier in World War II project! This programmed event, honoring Veterans Day, is hosted locally at Virginia Tech by Athenaeum in the University Libraries; the Blacksburg Library; and at locations elsewhere in the country. Please register here for these locations or for opportunities in your area.
If you are interested in hosting a synchronized transcribe-a-thon locally, we have customizable event fliers available.
Contact Sarah Mease [
sarahm14@vt.edu ] for more information about this event, or Ed Gitre [
egitre@vt.edu ], Project Director, for information about The American Soldier in World War II.
Video Introduction to The American Soldier:
https://goo.gl/9cDTcHProject link:
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/tkotwim/the-american-soldierSCHEDULE
Blacksburg Library
200 Miller St SW, Blacksburg, VA, 24060
-Tuesday, November 12, 12:00pm-4:00pm
Newman Library, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
- Monday, November 11, 10:00am-2:00pm, Athenaeum Classroom
Georgia Institute of Technology
Digital Integrative Liberal Arts Center (DILAC)
Skiles Classroom Building, Room 318, 686 Cherry St NW, Atlanta, GA
Contact: Brad Rittenhouse [
bcrittenhouse@gatech.edu ], DILAC Lab Coordinator
-Monday, November 11, 12:00-2:00pm
The College at Brockport
Drake Memorial Library
Kiefer Room, 350 New Campus Dr, Brockport, NY, 14420
Contact: Mary Jo Orzech [
morzech@brockport.edu], Scholarly Communications Librarian
-Tuesday, November 12, 5:00pm-6:00pm
College of the Holy Cross
Dinand Library
1 College St, Worcester, MA, 01610
Contact: Jennifer Whelan [
jwhelan@holycross.edu], Coordinator of Research, Teaching, and Learning
-Monday, November 11, 1:30-3:30pm
Veterans Employment Training Service, Inc. (VETS, Inc.)
7000 Merrill Ave #48
Chino, CA 91710
Contact: Greg Jeffreys [
vetsincusa@gmail.com]
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
1 Lafayette Sq, Buffalo, NY 14203
Contact: Andrew Aquino [
aquinoa@buffalolib.org]
-Tuesday, November 12, 10:00-1:00pm
