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By Elaine Leong and Lisa Smith[caption id="attachment_1221" align="alignright" width="169"] The Folger transcribers.[/caption]&#160;Good morning and Welcome. First, a big shout-out to all participants of the secondannual EMROC transcribathon - Thank you for joining us today. At the Folger, the EMROC team (consisting of both EMROC members, Folger staff members and an enthusiastic group of students from University of North Carolina Charlotte, University ofTexas, Arlington and University of Colorado, Colorado Springs) have been typing away furiously for nearly three hours. We’re also joined by an active group of transcribers from all over the world–our latest statistics indicate that nearly 100 people have already logged-on to help create a transcription of the Castleton recipe book. Many hands make light work. We’re making wonderful progress!Our big discoveries for the day so far include a thumbprint and layered efficacy marks (a circle with a cross and dots). More on that soon...But there are a few tips for encoding that you should probably know about. Don’t forget to include page numbers. Mark recipe titles as headers (hd). Mark the layered efficacy marks as ‘cross in circle’ and ‘dot' using the metamark (mrk). Remember to save -- a lot!If you’re just joining us, please focus on pages that have had no or only one or two transcribers. See our earlier post from today for tips on finding easy pages or culinary ormedical recipes.And do tweet us, or post on our Facebook page, if you find anything exciting, or have any questions.