2015•Issues in Science and Technology LibrarianshipOpen access

Identifying Opportunities in Citizen Science for Academic Libraries.

Cynthia M. Cohen, Liz Cheney, Khue Duong, Ben Lea, Zoe Pettway Unno

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Citizen science projects continue to grow in popularity, providing opportunities for non-expert volunteers to contribute to and become personally invested in rigorous scientific research. Academic libraries, aiming to promote and provide tools and resources to master scientific and information literacy, can support these efforts. While few examples currently exist of academic libraries involved in citizen science, this article identifies potential roles in community building; data curation; scholarly communication reform; and provision of space, technology, and resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Key concepts: Popularity, Citizen science, Scientific literacy, Information literacy, Public relations, Space (punctuation), Science education, Academic community