Connecting Communities with Citizen Science

On November 1, 2024, the Library & Information Center of University of Patras, Greece organised their multiplier event for the EU funded project CeOS_SE. Apart from the registered participants, the event piqued the interest of the users of the Library who also attended this event to listen to the project team presenting the outcomes of […]

Libraries as ambassadors and coordinators of Citizen Science

In their millennial history, libraries have undergone various transformations influenced by socio-political, economic, and cultural factors, yet they have remained an important public institution. Throughout all periods of human development, libraries have enjoyed special respect and recognition. Educated rulers and aristocrats valued their importance for the advancement of science and culture. Great care was taken […]

CeOS_SE Project to Host Multiplier Events Across Europe

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As the CeOS_SE project enters its final phase, we are excited to announce a series of national multiplier events taking place in October and November. These events, hosted by our project partners, will showcase the project’s outcomes and demonstrate how they can be applied in other learning and training contexts. These gatherings are essential in […]

Musical intelligence in the service of National Heritage: a Citizen Science activity

Libraries hold hidden treasures within their collections, often unbeknownst to the general public. They contain various types of materials that can serve as a basis for scientific research. Scientific studies can even be conducted on audio recordings, and the National and University Library in Zagreb has offered its audio recordings for a new citizen science […]

Citizen Science in curricula

Citizen science is one of the pillars of Open Science, and an important one too. Citizen science is enjoying a boost by organisations, institutions, and the European Union, further emphasising how important it is for the future of science. CeOS_SE project results 5 focused on the long-term sustainability of citizen science, starting with the Higher […]

Workshop Materials: How to Create a Citizen Science Kit for Your Library?

Workshop Materials: How to Create a Citizen Science Kit for Your Library? At the end of last year, on November 9th and 10th, 2023, the Let’s Go Green! 2023: The Second NSK International Green Libraries Conference was held at the National and University Library in Zagreb. The conference aimed to showcase examples of good practices, […]

Lessons learned from the CeOS_SE partners’ training activities

One of the main deliverables of the PR3 package, led by University of Turin (UT), partner of the Erasmus+ project Citizen-enhanced Open Science in Southeastern Europe Higher Education, was the training activity combined with a Learning by doing activity to support a genuine experience of Citizen Science (CS) activity. CeOS_SE project makes an effort to […]

Mind the Gap. Why not involve research libraries in Citizen Science?

Since the League of European Research Libraries (LERU) in 2016 recommended that research institutions (where viable) establish a single point of contact for citizen science at research institutions a lot has happened. Or not… Although some services or ‘hubs’ have appeared, the gold rush of Citizen Science running storm against the ivory towers didn’t materialize. […]

Citizen science at ULSIT: A tool for a better world to live in

Citizen science (CS) is a broad field with many aspects that confront the modern world with various challenges. The understanding and functions of the information society depend on the critical interpretation of the activities in this scientific field. ULSIT is a university that preserves spirituality and transmits it through the generations to move into the […]

ULSIT and the implementation of Open Science

ULSIT is a boutique university that preserves spirituality – the documents of the past to pass on to the modern world for the future. This is our mission in modern science – open to people. Students have the unique opportunity to familiarize themselves with authentic documentary evidence and to use the publicly available databases built […]