(via Lauren Wittek, University of Arizona – Health Sciences Library)
Registration is open for the NNLM webinar “How Libraries Can Help Address Complex Health and Research Challenges”. It will take place on Monday, July 14, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM CDT. Please see below for more information, including the link to registration.
Libraries are rapidly emerging as vital hubs for participatory scientific research. Nationwide, they are lending low-cost scientific tools, distributing citizen science kits, hosting public research programs, and equipping staff and volunteers with foundational training in citizen science. By mobilizing community participation, libraries have the potential to advance biomedical and health research through crowdsourcing while addressing critical challenges in data storage, sharing, and archiving.
This presentation will define citizen science, showcase the involvement of over 1,000 libraries as research facilitators, present a case study on a biomedical project utilizing library infrastructure, and explore how libraries are uniquely positioned to overcome key data management barriers in participatory research.
The instructor is Darlene Cavalier, founder of SciStarter and faculty member at Arizona State University.
The course is worth 1.00 hour of MLA CE credit. This is a National NNLM class. It is part of Region 4’s R4 Connections webinar series.
For more information, and to register, please go here. Registering requires having an NNLM user account. Create one here.