A few years ago the Library of Congress introduced a crowd sourcing job called
The purpose of the task is to enlist the help of the public to transcribe thousands of main source documents 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, papers from the American Revolution, presidential documents, documents about suffrage, and files about the integration of Major League Baseball.
Walt Whitmans journals and notes..

Anyone can take part in the LOCs Crowd task to transcribe files in the Walt Whitman collection of diaries and notes. To start merely go to the collection and choose a document. Your selected document will appear on the left side of the screen and a field for composing your transcription appears on the best side of the screen. After you have actually finished your transcription it is submitted for peer evaluation. A demonstration of the process is included in.
the video below.

Applications for EducationThe LOCs Crowd project is an excellent opportunity for high school students and some intermediate school students to learn more 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 provide context for the files that need transcription.
The Smithsonian has a comparable crowdsourcing job called Smithsonian Digital Volunteers.

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

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