A couple of years ago the Library of Congress launched a crowd sourcing task called
The function of the task is to employ the help of the public to transcribe thousands of main source files 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, governmental papers, files about suffrage, and documents about the integration of Major League Baseball.
Walt Whitmans journals and notes..

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

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

Applications for EducationThe LOCs Crowd project is an excellent opportunity for high school students and some intermediate school trainees to find out about Walt Whitman while adding to a nationwide job. All of the collections in Crowd do have timelines and some other resources that help to supply context for the documents that require transcription.
The Smithsonian has a similar crowdsourcing job called Smithsonian Digital Volunteers.

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