Libraries as Implementers of Citizen Science

Libraries can be implementers of Citizen Science and prove to be strong partners in supporting scientific research. To better explain this position to Croatian librarians, Dolores Mumelaš from the National and University Library in Zagreb has written and published a review article titled "Citizen Science and Libraries as its Implementers," and the highlighted conclusions are […]

First CeOS Multiplier Event in Belgrade

Presentation at the CeOS Multiplier Event in Belgrade, Serbia

UNILIB Belgrade is a leader of the PR4 of the CeOS project from February to August 2023. Throughout this period, UNILIB assumed the crucial responsibility of conducting a comprehensive survey involving academic librarians from the Balkan region and Cyprus. The findings of this survey served as a foundation for creating an innovative Roadmap on CeOS […]

Citizen Science: experiences from integrity building

The benefits of Citizen Science come in many shapes and forms. Τhe experience can be universal and accessible as a big part of it is the use of the technology available. Ιt is no coincidence that the recent rise of Citizen Science has coincided with the advancement of technology the last couple of years. Having […]

The HAWathon – a Croatian crowdsourcing competition

Libraries can rely on crowdsourcing projects to support their business development, as demonstrated by the HAWathon project, whose data was used to build a digital thematic collection. The National and University Library in Zagreb  (NSK), relying on the knowledge gained from the CeOS_SE project, is the main organiser of the HAWathon project. Three departments of […]

Citizen Photojournalism and its Significance for Society

In your life, you have inevitably witnessed events, and sometimes they may even have reached the central news feed. Especially today, people often reach for their phone first to document an event with a photo. It could be a concert by your favourite artist, or even a civic initiative. But have you ever wondered that […]

Workshop – ‘Protection of personal data on the Internet’

On November 25 2022, the Library & Information Center of the University of Patras in collaboration with the research team of the CSI-COP project, and with the participation of EESTEC LC Patras, organised the workshop “Protection of personal data on the Internet”. The goal of the workshop was to advocate for Citizen Science, raise awareness […]

Citizen Science & Libraries in Bulgaria

The aim of the train-the-trainer workshop, “Citizen Science & Libraries in Bulgaria”, was to raise awareness about the CeOS_SE project & Citizen Science in Bulgaria. The main focus of the activity was on developing strategies for citizen science in Bulgarian libraries. Representatives from the National Library “St. Cyril and Methodius”, academic libraries, public libraries and […]