Where can I get scientific expertise for a citizen science project?
By Malin Clyde, with the CSA Professional Development Working Group - - - Are you a community organization looking to engage a scientist to help with your citizen science project? Accessing scientific expertise is an important element of citizen science, but can be daunting, especially for those outside of university communities. As it happens, scientific expertise can be found in many other institutions such as public agencies, not-for-profit organizations, zoos, museums, or within the broader citizen science community, and the important process of integrating scientific rigor into citizen science projects can be done in many different ways. We explore here…