Spots are still available for walk-ins in the Text Encoding Initiative workshops sponsored by the Medieval Academy of America's Committee on Electronic Resources this Thursday, May 10 at the Kalamazoo International Congress on Medieval Studies (sessions 32 and 138; see http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/sessions.html for complete conference schedule). There is *one* opening available for the first session, "Introduction to TEI Encoding" at 10:00 am, and *three* openings available for the second session, "Advanced TEI Encoding and Customization" at 3:30. If you plan to register as a walk-in please arrive a few minutes early. First come first served!

The fee *per workshop* is $55/$70 (Medieval Academy members/nonmembers) for walk-ins.

1) XML and the Text Encoding Initiative Workshop I: Introduction to TEI Encoding

This workshop offers an introduction to best practices for digital scholarship, taught by a medievalist, James C. Cummings, specifically for medievalists. Instruction includes introductory-level XML and structural encoding, as well as new TEI P5 standards and guidelines, markup concerns for medieval transcription, and a brief consideration of XML Editors. Assignments will be completed during the following clinic.

2) XML and the Text Encoding Initiative Workshop II: Advanced TEI Encoding and Customization

This workshop offers advanced instruction in advanced topics in TEI encoding and the customization of the TEI for an individual project's needs, taught by a medievalist, James C. Cummings, specifically for medievalists. Instruction includes metadata for medieval manuscript description, advanced-level concepts of TEI P5 modularization, schema generation and customization for individual projects, and a brief survey of related technologies. Assignments will be completed during the following clinic.

Dr. Cummings works for the Oxford Text Archive, University of Oxford. He holds a PhD from the University of Leeds, and he has extensive experience leading TEI workshops.