Link to recorded webinar: “Citizen Science in Libraries: Fostering Community Connections on Citizen Science Day and Beyond”

Are you interested in citizen science? Are you looking for new ways to engage with your community members, and would you like to encourage science discovery with more of your users? If you answered yes to any of the above, then check out this exciting recorded webinar featuring Darlene Cavalier, professor of practice at Arizona State University and the founder of SciStarter, a citizen science database and platform. Darlene describes several citizen science projects in public libraries in Arizona that are part of an Institute for Museum and Library Services grant, and she shares resources and information to spark ideas for your library.

Citizen science enables people from all walks of life to engage in formal and informal research to advance fields spanning astronomy to zoology.This recorded webinar, hosted by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, and the National Institutes of Health, featuring Arizona State University Libraries and SciStarter, provides a general overview of citizen science, highlights recent activities to support libraries as community hubs for citizen science, and showcases free resources available to librarians who want to jump in now by promoting citizen science at libraries leading up to, during, and after Citizen Science Day on April 14th.