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Starting tomorrow (Wednesday, November 18), the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies will be virtually hosting the annual Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age through Friday, November 20. This year's theme is "Manuscript Studies in the Digital Covid-19 Age," where we will be considering the state of digital manuscript studies, where we've been, and where we need to go. While registration is currently full for the synchronous event, we are making available to the general public 25 5-minute lightening round talks via the SIMS Youtube channel herehttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8e3GREu0zuD1mR_tXBvn4ovYib9E3qwq for asynchronous viewing.

The videos represent a broad spectrum of the exciting work going on in manuscript studies right now, and it's inspiring to see innovation taking place even during these uncertain times. We hope you'll enjoy them as much as we do. Links to individual videos and more information are available on the Lightning Round Video program posted here: https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/exhibits-events/ljs-symposium13.

Best, Lynn

Lynn Ransom, Ph.D. Director, Digital Medievalisthttps://digitalmedievalist.wordpress.com/ (2020-2021) Curator of Programs, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies<schoenberginstitute.org> Project Director, Schoenberg Database of Manuscriptshttps://sdbm.library.upenn.edu/pages/SDBM%20Name%20Authority Co- Editor, Manuscript Studies: A Journal of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies<mss.pennpress.org> The University of Pennsylvania Libraries 3420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206 215.898.7851