Joining SCOOP

SCOOP is open to anyone working on the automatic transcription and analysis of historical sources, across disciplines, scripts, and languages. If you'd like to join the network, write to scoop@oeaw.ac.at, and put Anna Michalcová (a.michalcova@ujc.cas.cz) and Jan Odstrčilík (jan.odstrcilik@oeaw.ac.at) into CC. You will be included into the future communication and given access to the Discord server.

Discord is where much of SCOOP's exchange happens between meetings. It's a free chat platform where conversations are organised into channels: each working group has its own space to discuss its topics, share materials or simply to get to know each other. It's also the easiest place to ask a quick question, share a new tool, dataset, or paper, announce a call or event, or find a collaborator who has already struggled with the same script, language, or pipeline you're facing now.

If you're new to the network, the server is the best way to get a feel for what's going on in SCOOP and to introduce yourself and your project before meeting everyone in person.