Anyone can take part in the LOCs Crowd project to transcribe documents in the Walt Whitman collection of notes and diaries. To begin merely go to the collection and select a file. Your selected document will appear on the left side of the screen and a field for composing your transcription appears on the right side of the screen. After you have completed your transcription it is sent for peer review. A demonstration of the procedure is included in.
the video listed below.

A few years ago the Library of Congress launched a crowd sourcing job called
The function of the project is to employ the help 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 been collections of files from the American Civil War, documents from the American Revolution, presidential documents, files about suffrage, and files about the integration of Major League Baseball.
Walt Whitmans diaries and notes..

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Applications for EducationThe LOCs Crowd job is a great opportunity for high school trainees and some middle school students to learn about Walt Whitman while adding to a nationwide project. All of the collections in Crowd do have timelines and some other resources that help to supply context for the documents that need transcription.
The Smithsonian has a comparable crowdsourcing task called Smithsonian Digital Volunteers.

The purpose of the job is to enlist the aid of the public to transcribe thousands of primary source documents 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, documents from the American Revolution, governmental papers, documents about suffrage, and documents about the combination of Major League Baseball. Anyone can participate in the LOCs Crowd task to transcribe files in the Walt Whitman collection of journals and notes.