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A few years ago the Library of Congress introduced a crowd sourcing job called
Crowd. The purpose of the task is to employ the help of the general public to transcribe thousands of primary source documents that are housed by and have been scanned by the Library of Congress. For many years there have actually been collections of documents from the American Civil War, documents from the American Revolution, governmental papers, documents about suffrage, and files about the combination of Major League Baseball. Currently, the LOC is seeking assistance transcribing a collection of
Walt Whitmans diaries and notes..

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 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, files about suffrage, and files about the combination of Major League Baseball. Anyone can get involved in the LOCs Crowd task to transcribe documents in the Walt Whitman collection of journals and notes.

Anybody can participate in the LOCs Crowd task to transcribe files in the Walt Whitman collection of notes and journals. 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.
the video below.

Applications for EducationThe LOCs Crowd task is a good opportunity for high school students and some intermediate school trainees to find out about Walt Whitman while adding to a nationwide task. All of the collections in Crowd do have timelines and some other resources that help to offer context for the files that need transcription.
The Smithsonian has a similar crowdsourcing task called Smithsonian Digital Volunteers.