Anyone can take part in the LOCs Crowd task to transcribe documents in the Walt Whitman collection of notes and diaries. To start simply go to the collection and choose a file. Your picked file will appear on the left side of the screen and a field for writing your transcription appears on the right side of the screen. After you have completed your transcription it is submitted for peer evaluation. A demonstration of the procedure is consisted of in.
the video below.

A few years ago the Library of Congress launched a crowd sourcing job called
Crowd. The purpose of the project is to get the assistance of the general public to transcribe thousands of main source files that are housed by and have been scanned by the Library of Congress. Over the years there have actually been collections of documents from the American Civil War, documents from the American Revolution, governmental papers, documents about suffrage, and files about the integration of Major League Baseball. Currently, the LOC is looking for aid transcribing a collection of
Walt Whitmans journals and notes..

The purpose of the job is to employ the aid of the public to transcribe thousands of primary source documents that are housed by and have been scanned by the Library of Congress. Over the years there have actually been collections of documents from the American Civil War, documents from the American Revolution, governmental documents, documents about suffrage, and documents about the integration of Major League Baseball. Anyone can get involved in the LOCs Crowd task to transcribe files in the Walt Whitman collection of notes and diaries.

Applications for EducationThe LOCs Crowd task is a great chance for high school trainees and some intermediate school trainees to learn about Walt Whitman while contributing to a nationwide project. All of the collections in Crowd do have timelines and some other resources that assist to supply context for the files that are in requirement of transcription.
The Smithsonian has a comparable crowdsourcing job called Smithsonian Digital Volunteers.

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