Welcome to the Citizen Science toolkit for Librarians, an open access resource collection created collaboratively by five partners in the Erasmus+ project LibOCS: University Libraries Strengthening the Academia-Society Connection through Citizen Science in the Baltics.
Contents:
About the toolkit
The Basics of Citizen Science
Implementing Citizen Science in Libraries
Citizen Science Portals
Implementing Citizen Science Support Hub
Citizen Scientists and Volunteers
Training for Librarians
Guides and Toolkits
Information
The toolkit is designed for librarians interested in citizen science. The material was collected and stored throughout the project in the Zenodo LibOCS Collection. You are welcome to browse our Zenodo repository as well as the current toolkit.
The toolkit contains information about and references to:
The toolkit has been designed to be a supportive material that:
The toolkit is not intended to be comprehensive and covers information that can be used by library workers at all levels of previous experience.
As the field of citizen science is constantly evolving and we cannot guarantee the comprehensiveness of the collection, we encourage all librarians to search for relevant information on their own and keep an eye on the advancements in the field.
