Elizabeth Montagu Correspondence Online (EMCO) is seeking interns to participate in transcription and tagging of the letters of Elizabeth Montagu for their digital edition at https://emco.swan.ac.uk.

EMCO has displayed on its site facsimile images of around 4,000 manuscript letters from Elizabeth Montagu to a range of correspondents. These are to be transcribed using Transkribus software, then checked and corrected against the original images.

The letters are gradually being edited by section editors, and when completed are to be tagged using XML software for display on the site.

Since this is a digital project, applicants may be based anywhere in the world, and will be trained and supervised remotely by project members based in Swansea and Oxford in the UK. Interns will work for a minimum of 12 hours a week over a period of up to 12 weeks, and will be given the opportunity to participate in an innovative digital humanities project. A stipend equivalent to £9 per hour worked will be provided.

Required qualifications:

• Graduate students (at least one year of studies completed) or recent master’s-level
  graduates in history or English, archival studies or library science.
• Attention to detail; commitment to accurate, high-quality work
• Self-motivated worker, as all work will be done remotely

Desired qualifications:

• Experience working in digital collections
• Familiarity with eighteenth-century handwriting and spelling conventions

To apply:

Send letter of application (including your reasons for interest in this internship) and resume to Professor Nicole Pohl (npohl@brookes.ac.uk). Applications must be received by 15 July 2021.