Progress update, 2 to 8 November 2013

Welcome along to the progress update for the period 2 to 8 November, during which time further great progress has been made by Transcribe Bentham volunteers. 9,058 words of Bentham text were transcribed this week, along with a further 4,539 words of TEI XML.

6,454 manuscripts have now been transcribed or partially-transcribed, which is an increase of 38 on last week’s total. Of these transcripts, 6,153 (95%) are now complete and have been locked.

The more detailed state of progress is as follows:

• Box 1: 6 manuscripts transcribed of 794 (1%)
• Box 2: 463 of 753 (61%)
• Box 5: 21 of 290 (1%)
• Box 27: 350 of 350 (100%)
• Box 35: 284 of 439 (64%)
• Box 41: 68 of 528 (11%)
• Box 42: 49 of 910 (5%)
• Box 50: 148 of 198 (74%)
• Box 51: 368 of 940 (39%)
• Box 62: 55 of 565 (10%)
• Box 70: 295 of 350 (84%)
• Box 71: 663 of 663 (100%)
• Box 72: 612 of 664 (92%)
• Box 73: 151 of 151 (100%)
• Box 79: 199 of 199 (100%)
• Box 95: 121 of 147 (82%)
• Box 96: 528 of 539 (97%)
• Box 97: 71 of 296 (23%)
• Box 98: 214 of 499 (42%)
• Box 100: 180 of 422 (40%)
• Box 107: 437 of 538 (80%)
• Box 115: 276 of 307 (89%)
• Box 116: 481 of 864 (55%)
• Box 121: 110 of 526 (19%)
• Box 122: 242 of 717 (29%)
• Box 139: 38 of 38 (100%)
• Box 150: 24 of 972 (2%)
• Overall: 46% of the 13,820 manuscripts currently uploaded to the website have been transcribed.

The newly-uploaded batch of material in Box 5, pertaining to Bentham’s writings on the abuses of the Church of England, have proven particularly popular during the last week. We will be adding yet more material to be transcribed in the near, including another batch of panopticon material which contains the sketches and plans of the proposed prison, drawn by the architect Willey Reveley.

Thank you, as always, to everyone who has kindly given their time and effort to Transcribe Bentham during the last few days. It remains greatly appreciated by us all.