The function of the task is to employ the assistance of the public to transcribe thousands of primary 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, presidential papers, files about suffrage, and files about the combination of Major League Baseball. Anyone can participate in the LOCs Crowd task to transcribe documents in the Walt Whitman collection of notes and diaries.

A couple of years ago the Library of Congress introduced a crowd sourcing task called
The function of the task is to employ the assistance of the public to transcribe thousands of primary source files that are housed by and have actually been scanned by the Library of Congress. Over the years there have been collections of files from the American Civil War, documents from the American Revolution, presidential documents, files about suffrage, and files about the combination of Major League Baseball.
Walt Whitmans notes and journals..

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Applications for EducationThe LOCs Crowd task is a good chance for high school students and some middle school students to find out 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 need of transcription.
The Smithsonian has a similar crowdsourcing job called Smithsonian Digital Volunteers.

Anybody can take part in the LOCs Crowd job to transcribe documents in the Walt Whitman collection of notes and journals. To get going merely go to the collection and select a file. Your picked document will appear on the left side of the screen and a field for composing your transcription appears on the right side of the screen. After you have completed your transcription it is sent for peer evaluation. A presentation of the process is consisted of in.
the video listed below.