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Anyone can get involved in the LOCs Crowd job to transcribe files in the Walt Whitman collection of notes and journals. To begin simply go to the collection and choose a file. Your chosen document will appear on the left side of the screen and a field for composing your transcription appears on the ideal side of the screen. After you have finished your transcription it is sent for peer review. A demonstration of the procedure is consisted of in.
the video below.

A few years ago the Library of Congress launched a crowd sourcing task called
Crowd. The function of the job is to employ the help of the public to transcribe countless main source documents that are housed by and have been scanned by the Library of Congress. Throughout the years there have been collections of documents from the American Civil War, papers from the American Revolution, presidential papers, files about suffrage, and documents about the integration of Major League Baseball. Presently, the LOC is seeking help transcribing a collection of
Walt Whitmans notes and diaries..

Applications for EducationThe LOCs Crowd job is an excellent opportunity for high school students and some intermediate school students to find out about Walt Whitman while adding to a national task. All of the collections in Crowd do have timelines and some other resources that help to offer context for the files that need transcription.
The Smithsonian has a similar crowdsourcing task called Smithsonian Digital Volunteers.

The function of the job is to get the help 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 been collections of documents from the American Civil War, papers from the American Revolution, governmental papers, files about suffrage, and files about the integration of Major League Baseball. Anybody can take part in the LOCs Crowd project to transcribe files in the Walt Whitman collection of journals and notes.