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

Anybody can participate in the LOCs Crowd task to transcribe files in the Walt Whitman collection of notes and diaries. Your selected file will appear on the left side of the screen and a field for composing your transcription appears on the best side of the screen.
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A couple of years ago the Library of Congress introduced a crowd sourcing project called
The purpose of the project is to get 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 been collections of documents from the American Civil War, papers from the American Revolution, presidential documents, files about suffrage, and documents about the integration of Major League Baseball.
Walt Whitmans diaries and notes..

If you see it elsewhere, it has actually been used without consent. Websites that steal my (Richard Byrnes) work include CloudComputin and WayBetterSite.

Applications for EducationThe LOCs Crowd job is an excellent chance for high school trainees and some middle school students to discover Walt Whitman while contributing to a nationwide job. All of the collections in Crowd do have timelines and some other resources that assist to provide context for the documents that are in need of transcription.
The Smithsonian has a similar crowdsourcing project called Smithsonian Digital Volunteers.