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

Anybody can take part in the LOCs Crowd job to transcribe files in the Walt Whitman collection of journals and notes. 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.
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If you see it elsewhere, it has been used without approval. Websites that take my (Richard Byrnes) work include CloudComputin and WayBetterSite.

Applications for EducationThe LOCs Crowd project is an excellent chance for high school students and some middle school trainees to learn about Walt Whitman while contributing to a national task. All of the collections in Crowd do have timelines and some other resources that help to provide context for the documents that need transcription.
The Smithsonian has a comparable crowdsourcing project 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 employ the assistance of the public to transcribe thousands of main source files that are housed by and have been scanned by the Library of Congress. Over the years there have actually been collections of documents from the American Civil War, papers from the American Revolution, presidential documents, documents about suffrage, and documents about the integration of Major League Baseball.
Walt Whitmans notes and journals..