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Teen Transcribers

Do you fancy yourself an amateur historian? Can you read script like a pro? The Emma S. Clark Memorial Library needs your help! As Suffolk County’s oldest public library in terms of continuous community service from its original location, we are actively preserving our history and are in the process of transcribing many handwritten documents from as early as the 1890s. We are looking for skilled, dedicated teens and tweens to decipher and transcribe these documents for posterity.

In order to assemble a group of transcribers who can do truly beneficial work deciphering these historical documents, interested teens and tweens (grades 6-12) will be required to take a Transcribing Test at the Library, prior to being added to the roster of Teen Transcribers. Tests will be scheduled on an as needed basis; there will be several more opportunities to take the Test if you cannot make the first available date. The Test will take about 1 hour and consist of 6 excerpts of different handwriting and typeface that represent the contents of the majority of the documents Teen Transcribers would be working with. Teens and tweens who can transcribe the texts with an accuracy rate of 80% or more will qualify to join the Teen Transcribers team! Test takers will earn 1 hour of community service credit for taking the Transcribing Test, even if they do not qualify to become Teen Transcribers.

Teen Transcribers will be scheduled to come into the Library on an as needed basis, for up to 3 hours at a time. They will work on PDF photocopies of original historical documents, transcribing them into searchable documents on our computers in the Tech Center. Transcribing sessions will be scheduled based on the availability of the Library Staff involved in this project and will vary in days of the week and times. Teen Transcribers will be emailed dates and times for Transcribing sessions, as they are scheduled. Teen Transcribers will earn community service credit for their efforts.

This opportunity to be a part of preserving history will last as long as it is needed; once everything we are archiving is transcribed, the library will retire the team, with endless thanks for their hard work!

Interested? Email Teen & Tween Services Department Head Librarian Emily Ostrander to request dates and times of the Transcribing Test sessions! emily@emmaclark.org

Teen & Tween Movie Nights!

Join your friends for a movie night at the library! We’ll have snacks (Popcorn! Candy! More!) for this night of entertainment.

CLICK HERE to Register by Date

Upcoming Showings:

Friday February 20th, 6:00-8:00pm: Lisa Frankenstein (rated PG-13)

Thursday March 5th, 6:00-8:00pm: The LEGO Batman Movie (rated PG)

Monday April 6th, 6:00-8:00pm: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (rated PG)

Sneak Peek of More 2026 Movies:

Gain New Skills

Looking to learn skills that will serve you well as an adult? Sign up for our Adulting for High Schoolers series! Attend one or all meetings; each will cover a different Adulting topic. These programs are exclusively for rising 9-12th graders.

Upcoming Programs:

The Road to College – Saturday March 28th, 3:00-4:00pm

Dr. Kellie Coppi of Say Yes to the Ess-say will guide you down the road to college, with all the bumps and landmarks explored along the way!

Say Yes to the College Essay- Sunday April 26th, 3:00-4:00pm

Dr. Kellie Coppi of Say Yes to the Ess-say will guide you through the college admissions essay process from the common app to letters of continued interest to scholarship essays. She will contextualize these different pieces of writing within college admissions using the current common app prompts and exploring what admissions officers are looking for.