Building a Transcription Community: Acadia National Park and the Samuel Hadlock Account Book
Marie C. Yarborough, Curator at Acadia National Park, shares the story of building a volunteer transcription community around the Samuel Hadlock Account Book. This webinar explores why these historic materials were selected and the challenges they present. Marie will discuss how volunteers were recruited, how they collaborate, and what it takes to manage the project. She’ll also look ahead to how the completed transcriptions will make the materials more accessible.
The webinar is on October 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT, 11:00 AM CDT, and 9:00 AM PDT. Signing up will send you an invitation with the details and a follow up with the recording.
Experimenting with AI Transcription and Structured Data at Queensland State Archives
Queensland State Archives has been experimenting with AI Drafts to make large handwritten collections more accessible—including using field-based AI transcription to extract names, dates, subjects, and other structured data from historical registers.
In this webinar, Senior Archivist Julanne Neal will share Queensland State Archives’ experience applying AI Drafts to correspondence, registers, and challenging microfilmed records. She’ll discuss what has worked, what hasn’t, and what the Archives has learned about configuring fields, working with imperfect source material, reviewing AI-generated results, and deciding where AI can usefully support—or accelerate—human transcription. Sara and Ben Brumfield will also provide a brief introduction to FromThePage’s AI transcription tools and join Julanne for a practical discussion of the opportunities and limitations of AI-assisted transcription.
The webinar is on November 12, 2026 at 11:00 AM AEST (November 11 at 8:00 PM EST, 7:00 PM CST, and 5:00 PM PST). Signing up will send you an invitation with the details and a follow up with the recording.