[open-science] Collaborative Citizen Science Hub?

Tue Apr 17 23:01:30 UTC 2012

Burcu,

Do you know about SciStarter? It is a pretty comprehensive directory of
citizen science projects: http://scistarter.com/about.html
Or are you proposing a directory of a different kind?

DeDe

Diane (DeDe) Dawson MSc , MLIS
Natural Sciences Liaison Librarian
University Library, University of Saskatchewan

Tel: (306) 966-1913  Fax: (306) 966-1911

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Burcu Dogan <burcujdogan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Due to the increasing interest in citizen science, a project hub/directory
> is highly demanded. For now, we've thought of an open directory
> and collaboration tool to share citizen science projects openly as open in
> open source. Maybe, we can start up with open specs of our projects and
> allow other users to be able to remake these tools and collaborate the
> existing.
>
> Projects should be in scientific context and could enable community to do
> more science. An open spec of a radio telescope may be a good fit as a
> project, since it's feasible and it's an enabler, for instance.
>
> A cultural shift is already happening with science hack days, DIY bio and
> genom communities. Trying to gather the tools and data from these discrete
> organizations will be outstanding to show the existing momentum and attract
> others.
>
> I've started a wiki called makesci [1] (make for makers and sci for
> science) and trying to build up a base community to understand the demands.
> At the moment, I'm collecting project proposals to feature. If you have
> any possibilities to contribute, could you please make a proposal on
> http://bit.ly/HQWsXs?
>
> I'm also looking forward to hear your thoughts on how citizen science
> should move.
>
> Regards,
> Burcu Dogan
> http://burcudogan.com
>
> [1] http://bit.ly/I317CR
>
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