A few years ago the Library of Congress released a crowd sourcing project called
The function of the project is to employ the aid 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, papers from the American Revolution, presidential papers, files about suffrage, and documents about the combination of Major League Baseball.
Walt Whitmans notes and journals..

Applications for EducationThe LOCs Crowd project is a great opportunity for high school students and some intermediate school students to discover Walt Whitman while contributing to a nationwide task. All of the collections in Crowd do have timelines and some other resources that help to supply context for the files that need transcription.
The Smithsonian has a comparable crowdsourcing project called Smithsonian Digital Volunteers.

The function of the task is to employ the assistance 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 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 take part in the LOCs Crowd job to transcribe documents in the Walt Whitman collection of diaries and notes.

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Anybody can participate in the LOCs Crowd task to transcribe files in the Walt Whitman collection of diaries and notes. To get going simply go to the collection and choose a document. Your picked document 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 finished your transcription it is submitted for peer evaluation. A presentation of the procedure is consisted of in.
the video listed below.