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Category: By the People Transcription Program

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Let’s go! Explore, transcribe, and tag at crowd.loc.gov

Posted by: Meghan Ferriter

This is a guest post from Lauren Algee, LC Labs Senior Innovation Specialist. Connect with Lauren and her fellow crowd.loc.gov Community Managers Elaine Kamlley and Victoria Van Hyning via History Hub and on Twitter, as well as GitHub. What yet-unwritten stories lie within the pages of Clara Barton’s diaries, writings of Civil Rights pioneer Mary Church Terrell, or …

Posted in: By the People Transcription Program, Crowdsourcing, Tools and Infrastructure

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New strategy! New crowd! New team!

Posted by: Meghan Ferriter

Big news! We’ll launch a crowdsourcing program at the Library of Congress on October 24. We’re asking everyone to join us as we improve discovery and access across our diverse collections through transcription and tagging. The program is grounded in what we’ve learned through our previous experiences with participatory projects at the Library, including image …

Posted in: By the People Transcription Program, Digital Content, Open Data, Tools and Infrastructure