Citizen science at public libraries: Data on librarians and users perceptions of participating in a citizen science project in Catalunya, Spain.

ABSTRACT: As libraries struggle to keep pace with the changing societal landscape, emerging practices such as citizen science (CS) initiatives are being incorporated to reinforce the idea of public libraries as gathering, meeting, and collaboration spaces within the context of shared community and shared learning resources. However, there is little empirical evidence of whether the most open and participatory ways that CS puts forward can converge with and be nurtured by the essence of public libraries. Also, the roles of librarians and users in the 'next generation public library' have been under-developed. As the number of CS initiatives at public libraries grows, so does the need to collect evidence on the impact and the capacity of assimilation of CS practices. The data describes librarians and

SUBMITTER: Cigarini A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8717417 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature