公共图书馆可以成为公民科学项目的开放科学实验室

IF 0.4 Q4 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Pub Date : 2023-09-24 DOI:10.18438/eblip30385
Matthew Bridgeman
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回顾:西卡里尼,A.,邦侯,I., Vicens, J., &;Perelló, J.(2021)。公共图书馆拥抱公民科学:优势与挑战。图书馆,信息科学研究,43(2),101090。https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2021.101090Objective -这项研究的目的是评估图书馆支持公民科学家(CS)项目的潜力。设计-混合方法方案评估研究。背景——西班牙巴塞罗那的24个公共图书馆。主题-公共图书馆员和图书馆用户。方法:这是一项混合方法和混合人群的研究,分几个阶段进行。第一阶段包括培训30名图书馆员如何开展公民科学项目。他们接受了一项关于他们对公民科学的看法和开展项目的舒适度的前后调查。第二阶段是由经过培训的图书馆员管理的项目,图书馆用户也参与其中。在这个阶段,在项目开始和结束时向用户提供了一份调查问卷。最后,一组图书馆员被问及他们的项目。通过专题分析对这些答复进行了评价。七个图书馆参加了焦点小组。主要结果——在研究的第一阶段,调查发现图书馆员对用户参与公民科学项目持悲观态度,在会议开始时(75%)和结束时(79%)都是如此。虽然他们对讨论公民科学有信心(100%),对培训有很高的满意度(70%),但只有42%的人对自己进行项目有信心。第二阶段涉及用户,其中94%的用户从未参与过CS项目。最后,70%的用户表示该项目积极改变了他们对图书馆的看法,70%的用户对该实验感到满意。在焦点小组讨论期间,图书馆员表示,该项目为图书馆带来了新用户,并有可能在参与者之间以及与社区建立更多的关系。讨论的主要挑战是用户对项目的承诺和图书管理员所需的工作量,但是当被问及是否继续CS项目时,他们都给出了积极的回答。结论:本研究表明,公共图书馆可以成功实施公民科学项目。公共图书馆正面临着社会变革、开放科学的兴起以及更透明、更民主的知识生产方式所带来的挑战。为了更充分地支持这些项目,需要更新公共图书馆的基础设施。这可能涉及建立伙伴关系和制定新的指导方针。公共图书馆有潜力成为公民科学的领导者和创新者。
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Public Libraries Can Be Open Science Laboratories for Citizen Science Projects
A Review of: Cigarini, A., Bonhoure, I., Vicens, J., & Perelló, J. (2021). Public libraries embrace citizen science: Strengths and challenges. Library & Information Science Research, 43(2), 101090. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2021.101090Objective – The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of libraries supporting citizen scientist (CS) projects. Design – Mixed methods program evaluation study. Setting – 24 public libraries in Barcelona, Spain. Subjects – Public librarians and library users. Methods – It is a mixed methods and mixed population study done in several phases. The first phase involved training 30 librarians how to conduct a citizen science project. They were given a pre and post survey about their perceptions of citizen science and comfort-level in conducting a project. The second phase involved a project run by the now-trained librarians with library user participation. At this phase a questionnaire was given to the users at the start and end of the project. Finally, a focus group of librarians was asked about their project. The responses were evaluated through thematic analysis. Seven libraries participated in the focus groups. Main Results – During the first phase of the study, the survey found the librarians were pessimistic about user participation in a citizen science project, both at the beginning (75%) and at the end (79%) of the session. Though they felt confident in discussing citizen science (100%) and had high satisfaction in the training (70%), only 42% felt confident to conduct a project on their own. The second phase involved the users, 94% of whom had never participated in a CS project. At the end, 70% of users said the project positively changed their perceptions of the library and 70% were satisfied with the experiment. During the focus groups, librarians said the project brought new users into the library and had the potential to build more relationships among participants and with the community. Major challenges discussed were user commitment to the project and the workload required by librarians, however they all answered positively when asked about continuing with CS projects. Conclusion – This study showed that citizen science projects can be successfully implemented in public libraries. Public libraries are facing challenges caused by societal change, the rise of open science, and more transparent and novel democratic ways of knowledge production. Updating public library infrastructure would be needed to support these projects more fully. This may involve building partnerships and developing new guidelines. There is potential for public libraries to be leaders and innovators in citizen science.
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