Anybody can take part in the LOCs Crowd task to transcribe files in the Walt Whitman collection of journals and notes. To begin simply go to the collection and pick a document. Your chosen file will appear on the left side of the screen and a field for writing your transcription appears on the best side of the screen. After you have actually finished your transcription it is sent for peer review. A demonstration of the procedure is included in.
the video below.

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Applications for EducationThe LOCs Crowd task is a good opportunity for high school trainees and some intermediate school trainees to discover Walt Whitman while contributing to a national project. All of the collections in Crowd do have timelines and some other resources that assist to offer context for the documents that need transcription.
The Smithsonian has a similar crowdsourcing job called Smithsonian Digital Volunteers.

A couple of years ago the Library of Congress launched a crowd sourcing task called
The purpose of the task is to get the help of the public to transcribe thousands of main source documents 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, papers from the American Revolution, presidential documents, documents about suffrage, and files about the combination of Major League Baseball.
Walt Whitmans notes and journals..

The function of the job is to employ the help of the public to transcribe thousands of primary source documents that are housed by and have actually 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 files about the integration of Major League Baseball. Anybody can get involved in the LOCs Crowd task to transcribe documents in the Walt Whitman collection of notes and diaries.