A few years ago the Library of Congress launched a crowd sourcing task called
Crowd. The function of the task is to enlist the aid of the general public to transcribe thousands of primary source files that are housed by and have been scanned by the Library of Congress. Throughout the years there have been collections of files from the American Civil War, papers from the American Revolution, presidential papers, documents about suffrage, and files about the integration of Major League Baseball. Presently, the LOC is looking for assistance transcribing a collection of
Walt Whitmans diaries and notes..

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Anyone can get involved in the LOCs Crowd project to transcribe files in the Walt Whitman collection of notes and journals. To get going simply go to the collection and select a document. Your selected file will appear on the left side of the screen and a field for composing your transcription appears on the ideal side of the screen. After you have actually completed your transcription it is sent for peer evaluation. A demonstration of the procedure is consisted of in.
the video below.

The function of the project is to enlist 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 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 task to transcribe documents in the Walt Whitman collection of notes and journals.

Applications for EducationThe LOCs Crowd job is a good chance for high school trainees and some middle school students to discover about Walt Whitman while adding to a national project. All of the collections in Crowd do have timelines and some other resources that assist to offer context for the documents that need transcription.
The Smithsonian has a similar crowdsourcing task called Smithsonian Digital Volunteers.