Read and Transcribe Walt Whitman’s Notebooks and Diaries

A few years ago the Library of Congress introduced a crowd sourcing project called
Crowd. The function of the task is to get the aid of the general public to transcribe thousands of main source documents that are housed by and have 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, presidential papers, documents about suffrage, and documents about the combination of Major League Baseball. Presently, the LOC is looking for aid transcribing a collection of
Walt Whitmans diaries and notes..

Anybody can get involved in the LOCs Crowd project to transcribe files in the Walt Whitman collection of notes and diaries. Your chosen file will appear on the left side of the screen and a field for writing your transcription appears on the right side of the screen.
the video listed below.

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Applications for EducationThe LOCs Crowd task is a good opportunity for high school students and some middle school trainees to find out about Walt Whitman while contributing to a nationwide job. 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 similar crowdsourcing job called Smithsonian Digital Volunteers.

The purpose of the job is to get the help 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 files from the American Civil War, documents from the American Revolution, presidential papers, files about suffrage, and documents about the integration of Major League Baseball. Anyone can get involved in the LOCs Crowd project to transcribe files in the Walt Whitman collection of notes and journals.

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