Progress update, 17 to 23 May 2014

Welcome along to the Transcribe Bentham progress update for the period 17 to 23 May, during which time transcription has continued at a terrific pace. 65,014 words were transcribed this week, including the TEI mark-up, which is a phenomenal effort on the part of volunteers: that such a consistently high rate of transcription has been maintained since the turn of the year is testament to the enormous amount of work they have put in.

8,471 manuscripts have now been transcribed, up 176 on last week’s total. Of these transcripts, 7,977 (94%) are complete and have been locked, which is an increase of 195 on this time last week.

The more detailed state of progress is as follows:

 

Box	No. of manuscripts worked on	No. of manuscripts in box	Completion
Box 1	96	794	12%
Box 2	465	753	61%
Box 5	153	290	52%
Box 15	30	914	3%
Box 27	350	350	100%
Box 29	1	122	1%
Box 31	6	302	1%
Box 34	12	398	3%
Box 35	286	439	65%
Box 36	8	418	1%
Box 37	2	487	1%
Box 38	12	424	2%
Box 39	2	282	1%
Box 41	71	528	12%
Box 42	59	910	6%
Box 44	48	201	23%
Box 50	159	198	79%
Box 51	372	940	39%
Box 57	2	420	1%
Box 62	55	565	10%
Box 70	295	350	84%
Box 71	663	663	100%
Box 72	612	664	92%
Box 73	151	151	100%
Box 79	199	199	100%
Box 95	123	147	83%
Box 96	534	539	99%
Box 97	82	296	27%
Box 98	217	499	43%
Box 100	183	422	41%
Box 107	471	538	87%
Box 115	276	307	89%
Box 116	497	864	57%
Box 117	245	853	28%
Box 118	71	880	7%
Box 119	169	990	17%
Box 121	120	526	21%
Box 122	281	717	38%
Box 139	40	40	100%
Box 150	102	972	10%
Box 169	149	728	20%
Add MSS 537	395	744	53%
Add MSS 538	163	858	19%
Add MSS 539	244	948	25%
Overall	8,471	21,451	34%

As we mentioned earlier this week, colleagues at the Edvard Munch Museum in Oslo have launched their project to crowdsource the transcription of Munch’s correspondence. We were thrilled to see that the Munch platform is an adapted version of the TB Transcription Desk, and wish them nothing but success in their endeavours. If you are thinking about crowdsourcing a manuscript collection, the code for the Transcription Desk is available on an open-source basis via GitHub.

Needless to say, we are hugely grateful to everyone who has contributed to Transcribe Bentham during the last seven days. Your efforts are, as always, very much appreciated by us all.