Citizen Science Salon is a partnership between Discover and SciStarter.org.
In recent years, libraries have quickly become community hubs for citizen science, engaging volunteers to help collect and analyze data. Many libraries now regularly feature science talks and even offer citizen science tool kits, letting the public participate in everything from transcribing historic texts to counting caterpillars.
Libraries increasingly see this kind of work as part of their mission to strengthen communities and transform lives through education and lifelong learning.
But with the COVID-19 pandemic playing out, many libraries can’t open their doors to large gatherings. Instead, they’re pivoting their services to offer curbside book pick-ups and online programs.
Now, a new effort called “Summer Reading Meets Citizen Science” is taking those programs a step further to bring virtual citizen science and health programming to libraries this summer. The project builds off the Collaborative Summer Library Program 2020 reading theme, ...
