My Innovation Strategy & Roadmap explores how Citizen Science can transform libraries and empower library users to actively engage in scientific research, collaborate with professional scientists, and contribute to real-world issues. Using an influential organization like SciStarter as my guide, I learned how science is made accessible to all through citizen science projects, events, and resources like pre-made project kits. My goal with this assignment is to demonstrate how libraries can adopt these impactful projects to spark curiosity and creativity in library patrons — especially children — by providing them with tools that anyone can use to actively and meaningfully contribute to real-world research and scientific discovery.
I hope you enjoy my Canva presentation! Here’s the LINK or PDF: Innovation Strategy & Roadmap-PouyaK
Great Innovation Strategy & Roadmap! Really enjoyed reading about your plan, and I thought you named solid users that may benefit from being a citizen scientist. Really great examples of other libraries that have successfully implemented citizen science. As a patron of the Newport Beach Public Library myself, it would be neat to see it become a reality.
Hi Kiana,
What a cool idea! I love that citizen scientists can be ordinary people who just have a strong interests in something, and that they can use that interest in a tangible way to help their community. I struggled in science classes when I was younger, but this sounds like something even I could do since many of the materials are provided. Thanks for sharing!