The Smithsonian wants to unlock the detailed stories behind many of its exhibits, and it needs the public to make this feat possible. Smithsonian’s Transcription Center website features more than 39,000 digitized documents that it wants to use the power of the crowd to transcribe. Meghan Ferriter, project coordinator for the Smithsonian’s Transcription Center, explained her group’s crowdsourcing goals when she joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive.

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