[open-science] Collaborative Citizen Science Hub?

[Jessy Kate Schingler]

agreed there's a bunch out there already, although scistarter does come
across as being oriented mostly towards children. it would be awesome to
see more of an adult (and/or age-agnostic) offering as well. what about
chatting to them about extending the site?

jessy

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 4:01 PM, DeDe Dawson <diane.h.dawson at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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