A couple of years ago the Library of Congress introduced a crowd sourcing job called
Crowd. The function of the project is to enlist the help of the public to transcribe thousands of primary source files that are housed by and have been scanned by the Library of Congress. Throughout the years there have actually been collections of documents from the American Civil War, papers from the American Revolution, presidential papers, files about suffrage, and files about the combination of Major League Baseball. Currently, the LOC is seeking aid transcribing a collection of
Walt Whitmans diaries and notes..

The purpose of the project is to get the help 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, papers from the American Revolution, governmental papers, documents 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 notes and journals.

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

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Anyone can take part in the LOCs Crowd job to transcribe documents in the Walt Whitman collection of notes and journals. Your picked 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.
the video below.