{"id":15705,"date":"2020-04-25T13:39:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T13:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/ner\/?p=15705"},"modified":"2020-04-28T16:12:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T16:12:09","slug":"free-citizen-science-program-kits-for-new-england-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2020\/04\/25\/free-citizen-science-program-kits-for-new-england-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE Citizen Science Program Kits for New England Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you run programs at your library?<br \/>\nInterested in receiving a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>FREE<\/strong> <\/span>Citizen Science Program Kit?<\/p>\n<p>The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region (<a href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/ner\">NNLM NER<\/a>) has partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/scistarter.org\/nlm\">SciStarter<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/scistarter.org\/nlm\">https:\/\/scistarter.org\/nlm<\/a>) to support Citizen Science programming in libraries<\/p>\n<p><strong>The NNLM NER is offering all types of libraries in New England a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">FREE<\/span> Citizen Science Program Kit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Sign up to receive a <span style=\"font-size: 18.72px\">completely<\/span>\u00a0FREE citizen science kit for your library with this<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/yP8qpcwQ2MQq3jFS8\">form<\/a> <\/span>(<a style=\"font-weight: bold\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/yP8qpcwQ2MQq3jFS8\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/yP8qpcwQ2MQq3jFS8<\/a>) <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>(If you cannot access google forms at your institution, please email Martha Meacham (martha.meacham2@umassmed.edu) and she will ensure you get a kit.)<\/p>\n<p>Citizen Science is the involvement of the public in scientific research \u2013 whether community-driven research or global investigations. Programming Kits will introduce people from all walks of life to the field of citizen science and to hundreds of opportunities to get involved. Citizen science is an amazing way to participate in research efforts, and it can often be done from a mobile device, from one\u2019s home, or from a library. Libraries are ideal partners for citizen scientists! Participants can expect to learn how to support citizen science in their communities and ways that libraries can easily participate.<\/p>\n<p>Citizen science library programs are <strong>perfect for all ages, and all types of libraries<\/strong>. No prior scientific knowledge is required, simply a willingness to participate!<\/p>\n<p>More citizen science resources are available from NNLM<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/shared\/files\/Class_Materials\/Citizen%20Science%20Links%20for%20Handout%20February%2024-PDF.pdf\">National Library of Medicine Resources for Citizen Scientists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/all-of-us\/book-selections-and-health-resources\/citizen-science\">More Citizen Science Resources from NNLM<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More citizen science resources are available from SciStarter<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scistarter.org\/citizensciencemonth\">https:\/\/scistarter.org\/citizensciencemonth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scistarter.org\/library-resources\">https:\/\/scistarter.org\/library-resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please contact Martha Meacham (martha.meacham2@umassmed.edu \u2013 508.856.1267) with any questions or for more information.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15709\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/ner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/04\/CitSciDay_PressPhoto_0023-NEW_Still_image-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"adult and child doing citizen science project\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/04\/CitSciDay_PressPhoto_0023-NEW_Still_image-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/04\/CitSciDay_PressPhoto_0023-NEW_Still_image-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/04\/CitSciDay_PressPhoto_0023-NEW_Still_image-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/04\/CitSciDay_PressPhoto_0023-NEW_Still_image.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you run programs at your library? Interested in receiving a FREE Citizen Science Program Kit? The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region (NNLM NER) has partnered with SciStarter (https:\/\/scistarter.org\/nlm) to support Citizen Science programming in libraries The NNLM NER is offering all types of libraries in New England a FREE Citizen&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2020\/04\/25\/free-citizen-science-program-kits-for-new-england-libraries\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[319,10,18],"tags":[348,399,479,478,266],"class_list":["post-15705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-of-us","category-nlm_resources","category-trainings","tag-citizen-science","tag-citizen-science-resources","tag-free","tag-programs","tag-public-libraries"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15705"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15749,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15705\/revisions\/15749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}