A couple of years ago the Library of Congress released a crowd sourcing job called
Crowd. The purpose of the task is to enlist the assistance of the public to transcribe countless 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 documents from the American Civil War, documents from the American Revolution, presidential papers, files about suffrage, and documents about the combination of Major League Baseball. Presently, the LOC is seeking help transcribing a collection of
Walt Whitmans diaries and notes..

Anyone can take part in the LOCs Crowd job to transcribe documents in the Walt Whitman collection of notes and journals. To start just go to the collection and pick a file. Your selected document will appear on the left side of the screen and a field for writing your transcription appears on the right side of the screen. After you have completed your transcription it is sent for peer evaluation. A presentation of the process is consisted of in.
the video listed below.

Applications for EducationThe LOCs Crowd job is a good opportunity for high school students and some intermediate school students to find out about Walt Whitman while contributing to a nationwide project. 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.

The function of the task is to enlist the aid 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 actually been collections of files from the American Civil War, documents from the American Revolution, governmental papers, documents about suffrage, and documents about the integration of Major League Baseball. Anybody can take part in the LOCs Crowd project to transcribe documents in the Walt Whitman collection of diaries and notes.

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