Transcribe History for America's 250th Birthday!

By the People (Library of Congress) presentation · September 10, 2026

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Abby Shelton (community manager, By the People) opened the session and outlined the program's purpose: inviting the public to transcribe Library of Congress materials online and describing what volunteers can expect to do. She said volunteers can work anywhere, choose materials that interest them, and that there are no assignments or time commitments.

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Abby Shelton of the Library of Congress presented the By the People volunteer transcription program, explained how volunteers can transcribe a wide range of digitized historical materials and described special America 250 collections (cookbooks, atlases, maps, early copyright ledgers). She answered audience questions about AI use, map transcription, volunteer scale and digitization limits.

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