At the end of April, the director of the Library of the University of Latvia, Mārīte Saviča, presented the LibOCS project and invited to use results of the project, including the e-course “Citizen Science for Librarians” to the colleagues of the public libraries of the Limbažu region (Latvia).
On April 12, 2023, Mārīte Saviča, director of the Library of the University of Latvia, presented the LibOCS project and introduced the e-course “Citizen Science for Librarians”, as well as invited representatives of academic and special libraries to participate in the workshop “The near future of libraries: project management and citizen involvement in science” organised within the framework of the LibOCS project. During meeting participants showed an interest in open science and citizens science actualities in Latvia and abroad.
Library of the University of Latvia participates in the International Library Week every year, offering its users a diverse program. This year, in parallel with the opening of the virtual exhibition and a series of planned webinars, the Library organized training workshop during which were presented the e-course “Citizen Science for Librarians” developed within the framework of the LibOCS project.
Full-day training session “Citizen Science Competences for Librarians”, organised by LibOCS project partner KTU Library and the associated partner Adomas Mickevičius Public Library of Vilnius County will take place on 28 April (Friday), from 9.00 a.m. at the Vilnius County Adam Mickiewicz Public Library (Trakų g 10, Vilnius). The training is dedicated for academic and public library staff, as well as for all people interested in citizen science and its implementation possibilities. The training session will be provided in Lithuanian language.
This is an activity of the international Erasmus+ project “University libraries strengthening the academia-society connection through citizen science in the Baltics” (LibOCS). The aim of the training is to introduce library staff to the basics and possibilities of citizen science and to guide librarians on how to participate in citizen science projects.
As part of the LibOCS project, citizen science trainings will take place in Tartu on May 3 and Tallinn on May 4, aimed at library employees. The training aims to provide a closer look at citizen science and open science and guide librarians on participating in citizen science projects.
“Citizen science is not yet as widespread in Estonia as in some other countries,” said one of the organisers, Lilian Neerut, Head of the Department of Subject Librarians at the University of Tartu Library. “However, this is a field in which we could all contribute, regardless of our education or profession. Libraries can be role models and advisers in this area.” That is why the libraries of the University of Tartu and TalTech have decided to offer training in this area to library employees.
