@article{155fbd68dacf4184a5bd90adfab087b4,
title = "Citizen science und bibliotheken: Walzer tanzen auf dem weg zur zusammenarbeit",
abstract = "The authors of this paper present context and case studies to illuminate several current policies, recommendations, and practices from the United States and Europe in support of libraries seeking to engage with citizen science, with the goal of encouraging librarians in Europe to leverage existing citizen science resources and take inspiration from successful international examples to make their libraries hubs for citizen science.",
keywords = "Citizen Science, Collaboration, Libraries",
author = "Tiberius Ignat and Darlene Cavalier and Caroline Nickerson",
note = "Funding Information: The initial portion of this project centered on citizen science kits, and it followed a multi-phased approach. These phases included content development and evaluation, instrument packaging, and creation of print and online resources for the toolkits. The team has provided the kits to pilot libraries and tested them to 1) learn how they are used to build or support citizen scientists at the libraries; 2) measure if and how the kits are used; and 3) identify components (tools, projects, instructions/resources) that are/are not working. The project team quickly discovered the need to support librarians and staff in learning about--and introducing--citizen science as a new concept. Staff turn-over was an issue the project team hadn{\textquoteright}t previously considered (50 % of the original partner librarians changed jobs the launch of the project). The combination of these points guided the team{\textquoteright}s approach to ensure they supported the librarians as facilitators and that they co-created kits and supporting resources (including a new build-out of a SciStarter.org/library microsite) designed to be as turn-key as possible. Recent evaluations and user-surveys demonstrate very promising results and led to national scaling up of the project. In the initial phases of the project, the team also produced the Librarian{\textquoteright}s Guide to Citizen Science16 to provide a list of case studies and resources for librarians around the world, especially centering on collective effort around and on Citizen Science Day 2019, which was on April 13, 2019. The “Libraries as Community Hubs for Citizen Science” project team was recently awarded a supplemental grant from IMLS to expand the program, in addition to new support from the National Library of Medicine (part of the National Institutes of Health) to develop programs, events, and resources to support libraries during Citizen Science Month (April 2020). Funding Information: Established by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research. The Center supports resear chers developing citizen science projects. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Tiberius Ignat, Darlene Cavalier, Caroline Nickerson.",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.31263/voebm.v72i2.3047",
language = "German",
volume = "72",
pages = "328--336",
journal = "VOEB-Mitteilungen",
issn = "1022-2588",
number = "2",
}