Citizen Science and Libraries: Waltzing towards a collaboration

Tiberius Ignat; Darlene Cavalier; Caroline Nickerson

doi:10.31263/voebm.v72i2.3047

Authors

Tiberius Ignat Scientific Knowledge Services AG https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4839-2344
Darlene Cavalier Arizona State University, School for the Future of Innovation in Society / SciStarter https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6886-3289
Caroline Nickerson SciStarter https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0052-9620

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31263/voebm.v72i2.3047

Keywords:

Citizen Science, Libraries, Collaboration

Abstract

The authors of this paper present context and case studies to illuminate several current policies, recommendations, and practices from the United States and Europe in support of libraries seeking to engage with citizen science, with the goal of encouraging librarians in Europe to leverage existing citizen science resources and take inspiration from successful international examples to make their libraries hubs for citizen science.

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