crowdsourcing the transcription of the papers of the war department using scripto
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Crowdsourcing Transcription of the Papers of the War Department Using
Scripto
Sharon M. LeonDirector of Public Projects, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
George Mason [email protected]
@sleonchnm
wardepartmentpapers.org@wardeptpapers
scripto.org@ScriptoTool
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Crowdsourcing Transcription of the Papers of the War Department Using
Scripto
Sharon M. LeonDirector of Public Projects, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
George Mason [email protected]
@sleonchnm
wardepartmentpapers.org@wardeptpapers
scripto.org@ScriptoTool