LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

1. Recognize why engaging the public in citizen science is a critical component of library lifelong learning efforts.

2. Identify the benefits of turning your library into a community hub for citizen science.

3. Identify strategies and tools for selecting and aligning the right citizen science programs with the interests or concerns of your community.

4. Identify resources (including health and medical resources) that will help you introduce, supplement, support, and facilitate awareness of and engagement in citizen science at your library.

5. Identify resources and strategies that will help you train staff to recruit and sustain patron engagement in citizen science.

You will practice or acquire the following skills which are part of an “open skills taxonomy” used by employers and schools: evidence-based practice, library and information services, library services, communication, information literacy, interdisciplinary teaching, library instruction, lifelong learning, teaching and training and development.

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