A New Guide From LIBER: “Citizen Science Skilling for Library Staff, Researchers, and the Public”

From LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries):

The LIBER Citizen Science Working Group is pleased to announce the publication of the first section of their Citizen Science for Research Libraries Guide, a four-part book series.

The guide is designed to be a practical toolbox to help run a citizen science project. It has been put together from contributions by members of the research library community and has been thoroughly peer-reviewed.

The first section (Citizen Science Skilling for Library Staff, Researchers, and the Public) focuses on the use of data and this new challenging role for the library — in public engagement and supporting researchers. The guide provides a number of step-by-step guides and concrete project examples. In the guide, you will learn about the different roles for citizens in a project, project management, communication, the use of data and knowledge provided by citizens, questions of FAIR data, and how scientific literacy can be used for co-creation and education in citizen science.

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Citizen science is a key pillar of open science. The UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science for the first time creates consensus on definitions and principles for open science. Citizen science plays a variety of roles in the overall open science endeavour of the democratization of knowledge.

Lastly, this guide is part of a themed series of four sections based on the LIBER Open Science Roadmap that covers the essentials to support citizen science projects: skills, infrastructures, good practice, and programme development.

Direct to Full Text: Citizen Science Skilling for Library Staff, Researchers, and the Public (HTML Version)

Direct to Full Text: Citizen Science Skilling for Library Staff, Researchers, and the Public (37 pages; PDF)

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