10 Dec 2015
By AAPS Staff
Details on CSA Board Nomination Process

Details on CSA Board Nomination Process

AAPS News
Nominations for the Board of Directors of the Citizen Science Association are being solicited through 31 December 2015. Additional details follow, below, from the Governance and Nominations (G & N) Committee regarding this year's nominations and election process. In 2016 we will be replacing four outgoing board members from our board of 12. Nominations are currently being solicited (go to nomination form - NOW CLOSED) for candidates for these leadership positions (read job description). In early January, the G & N Committee will contact each nominee and ask him or her to submit a resume and a brief self-appraisal form…
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04 Dec 2015
By AAPS Staff
Call for Nominations, CSA Board Members

Call for Nominations, CSA Board Members

AAPS News
Nominations for the CSA Board are open! There will be several open positions available for three-year terms that begin in February 2016. Self-nominations and nominations of others are encouraged. If nominating someone else, please confirm his or her interest in serving if elected. You will be asked to provide contact info for the nominee as well as a brief background on her or his relevant experience and skills. Please use the link below to provide nominations. Accessing the link provides an overview of all details needed to submit. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HCD8D2R Nominations are due by December 31, 2015. A job description outlining…
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01 Dec 2015
By AAPS Staff
What are your crowdfunding questions for citizen science?

What are your crowdfunding questions for citizen science?

AAPS News
Giving Tuesday has many of us thinking hard about our fundraising strategies and competencies. These days, crowdfunding often rises to the top of the list of options for citizen science projects, particularly as engaging contributors is what we do. But asking for funds can take different skills than asking for data, and designing a campaign isn’t the same as designing a research protocol. Some things are more “fundable” than others, and all campaigns – it turns out – require time and energy to court and cultivate a network of likely supporters. How can those of us in the citizen science…
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30 Sep 2015
By AAPS Staff

Citizen Science Day announced

Citizen Science Month
In conjunction with the White House forum, “Open Science and Innovation: Of the People, By the People, For the People,” we are pleased to announce efforts of the Citizen Science Association (CSA) to coordinate a nationwide Citizen Science Day. With support from SciStarter and in partnership with numerous national organizations, CSA will provide planning resources and promotional materials for sites around the country to host events to bring attention to citizen science impacts and participation opportunities. A major celebration will be held on April 16th, 2016, in conjunction with the National Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, DC. This will kick off…
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15 Sep 2015
By AAPS Staff

Citizen science community responds to Nature editorial

AAPS News
An 18 August 2015 editorial in Nature incited vigorous commentary on the citizen science discussion e-list, given that the piece closed on a note of suspicion regarding volunteers’ motives and potential conflicts of interest. While the piece, entitled “Rise of the citizen scientist,” opens with positive attention to the growing contributions of citizen science, many expressed that citizen science was unfairly singled out with a critique that should be fairly leveled on all scientific endeavors. This points to a troubling issue for the field - that the diligent and often cutting-edge work done by citizen science practitioners (volunteers and professionals…
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27 Aug 2015
By AAPS Staff

CitSci2017: Call for leading volunteers

#CitSci2017, Conference
The Citizen Science Association Board and the CitSci2017 Conference Committee are seeking six top-level volunteers to help shape the conference. Conference planning will be a collaborative endeavor, involving CSA board members, a local coordinator, and Working Group members, as well as the four Programme Chairs and two Coordinators sought here. Two CSA Board members are involved in conference leadership: Darlene Cavalier (logistics) and Muki Haklay (programme). Emlyn Koster (CEO of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences) is the current local contact. The Conference Working Group includes the co-chairs of CitSci2015 (Alison Young and Lila Higgins). As of August 2015…
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11 Jun 2015
By AAPS Staff
Efforts underway to share project metadata

Efforts underway to share project metadata

Data & Metadata
Introducing PPSR_CORE: supporting data sharing and a common understanding of citizen science. As the field of citizen science continues to grow, there is an increasing need to document information about different projects. Collecting and maintaining this information will help practitioners discover each other’s work, help projects recruit volunteers, and enable researchers to study “the science of citizen science” by accessing data about project goals, impacts, and practices. With these needs in mind, a number or organizations with complementary goals are compiling repositories of projects in citizen science and related fields: SciStarter helps projects recruit volunteers CitizenScience.org supports professional networking between…
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23 Mar 2015
By AAPS Staff
White House Recognizes Citizen Science, CSA Commitments, at Science Fair

White House Recognizes Citizen Science, CSA Commitments, at Science Fair

AAPS News
Washington, D.C. ­­(March 23rd, 2015)– Citizen science received some high level attention today when plans were unveiled to install a new rain gauge in the First Lady’s Kitchen Garden. This rain gauge represents far more than just a Pennsylvania Avenue data point for the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow (CoCoRaHS), a citizen science network of over 20,000 active participants who serve as the largest source of daily precipitation data in the United States. Announced in conjunction with the White House Science Fair, this commitment points to high-level recognition of citizen science as a powerful platform for science education. CoCoRaHS…
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12 Mar 2015
By AAPS Staff
Your Citizen Science 2015 Stories

Your Citizen Science 2015 Stories

#CitSci2015, Conference
A round-up of social media about the Citizen Science 2015 Conference (San Jose, CA, Feb 11-12). Don't see yours? Please share in the comments! Citizen Science 2015 Storify, Day One and Day Two By Alison Young, @alisonkestrel #WhyICitSci Storify By Johanna Varner, @johannavarner Storify: #CitSci2015 diversity comments By Alberto Roca, @MinorityPostdoc InformalScience Updates from the Field By Kalie Sacco, CAISE How to Build a Citizen Science Community By Amy Robinson, EyeWire The Evolving Field of Citizen Science By Grace Troxel, CAISE Citizen Science 2015 - Reflections By Muki Haklay, University College London Reports from HackFest By Darlene Cavelier, SciStarter Intellectual…
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17 Jan 2015
By AAPS Staff
New Journal Announcement, Citizen Science: Theory and Practice

New Journal Announcement, Citizen Science: Theory and Practice

Journal
Call for papers--Inaugural Issue and beyond Citizen Science: Theory and Practice is a new open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by Ubiquity Press on behalf of the Citizen Science Association. It focuses on advancing the field of citizen science by providing a venue for citizen science practitioners and researchers—e.g., scientists, information specialists, conservation managers, community health organizers, educators, evaluators, urban planners, citizen scientists, and more—to share best practices in conceiving, developing, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining projects that facilitate public participation in scientific endeavors in any discipline. We believe that a central space for scholarly exchanges across disciplines will provide greater visibility for…
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