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 […]
Fix Cyprus: A platform and mobile app to improve the Cyprus road network infrastructure and road safety
Over the last few years, the KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence (KIOS CoE), which operates within the University of Cyprus, has developed two applications: FixCyprus and KIOS CoE mobile app. The two applications contribute to Citizen Science. This blog post focuses on FixCyprus. Fix Cyprus is a cost-effective crowdsourcing service for road transportation […]
Advancing Open and Citizen Science in the Balkans: Unveiling the Insights from the PR4 CeOS_SE Project Survey
The CeOS_SE Project stands on six interconnected objectives, each leading to tangible project results for Southeast Europe. One of these objectives, PR4, focuses on the Balkans region. The University Library “Svetozar Marković” Belgrade (UNILIB) leads PR4 and has undertaken the task of creating a Roadmap on CeOS in the Balkans. The Building Blocks: A Survey […]
First CeOS Multiplier Event in Belgrade
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 […]
Open Science and citizen science in Horizon Europe – A challenge for academic libraries
On the 22 and the 24 of November UT carried out a training course for UT librarians and HE staff. The six-hour training course was organised in two parts. The first part, held by Maria Cassella (Norberto Bobbio Library and CeOS_SE), focused on the definition, (and the main characteristics) of Citizen Science (CS), projects in […]
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 […]
