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A couple of years ago the Library of Congress released a crowd sourcing project called
The function of the task is to employ the aid 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 actually been collections of files from the American Civil War, papers from the American Revolution, governmental documents, files about suffrage, and files about the integration of Major League Baseball.
Walt Whitmans diaries and notes..

The purpose of the project is to employ the aid 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 documents from the American Civil War, papers from the American Revolution, governmental papers, files about suffrage, and documents about the integration of Major League Baseball. Anybody can get involved in the LOCs Crowd project to transcribe files in the Walt Whitman collection of notes and diaries.

Anyone can get involved in the LOCs Crowd task to transcribe documents in the Walt Whitman collection of journals and notes. To start simply go to the collection and pick a file. Your picked file 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 finished your transcription it is submitted for peer review. A demonstration of the process is consisted of in.
the video below.

Applications for EducationThe LOCs Crowd project is a great opportunity for high school students and some intermediate school trainees to learn more about Walt Whitman while contributing to a national job. 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 similar crowdsourcing task called Smithsonian Digital Volunteers.