KTU Library specialists Aistė Pranckutė and Daiva Steponavičienė took part in the conference “Sustainable Library“. It was organised by the Lithuanian Librarians Association and was held in Jurbarkas Public Library on 29th of April, 2022.
Citizen science at its core involves researchers as well as citizens. “It is a type of science that has been created through the active participation of citizens or solely under the guise of citizens,” said Anu Masso, an associate professor at Tallinn University of Technology. She shared that involving citizens in science and data-based decision-making is essential, particularly in our modern world, which is closely intertwined with data.
Webinar “Citizen Involvement in Open Science: Roles, Levels and Opportunities” will bring together professional researchers, amateur researchers, librarians and other memory institutions professionals, as well as other interested parties, to explore opportunities for better collaboration and more active involvement of citizens in science related activities and projects.
The Director of the Library of the University of Latvia, Mārīte Saviča, informed library specialists about the implemented project with a small publication, which could be of particular interest to the staff of academic libraries.
On 21 April this year, Mārīte Saviča, director of the Library of the University of Latvia, presented the LibOCS project and discussed the possibilities of cooperation with the Chairman of the Library Association of Latvia, Māra Jēkabsone.
On April 11, Mārīte Saviča, Director of the Library of the University of Latvia, informed the new composition of the Joint Library Council of the University of Latvia about the long-term project “LibOCS” implemented by the library as a partner from Latvia. The Council consists of the former Rector, Professor Mārcis Auziņš, Vice-Rectors of the University of Latvia: Professor Ina Druviete and Professor Valdis Segliņš, professors of the fields and student youth.
During the period of 21-31 of March partners from University of Tartu Library held three roundtables to map the drivers and barriers of civic engagement in open science and the role of university libraries in the Baltics (PR1). Each roundtable had 21 interviewees from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
On the 7th of March, a traditional Estonian Memory Institutions’ Winter seminar took place in Tartu. The main topic of the Seminar was Citizen Science. We explored various Citizen Science projects in Estonia and the lessons learned from these. For example, the INOS project (@INOSproject) shared their results from implementing #CitizenScience activities in higher education and libraries. We also gave a short introduction and an overview of the main goals of the LibOCS project.
On the 7th of March, the University of Tartu Library is organizing a traditional Seminar for Estonian Memory Institutes. The main topic of the seminar this year is Citizen Science. Among other presenters, LIBOCS project lead UT Library will present the LIBOCS project to the audience. A roundtable on Citizen Science experiences in memory institutions will be held in the second half of the seminar. Through this roundtable, we are hoping to gain input for the LIBOCS project PR1.
More information (in Estonian) can be found here.
