This episode, our second that looks at community and citizen science in cultural heritage institutions, explores how natural history museums use crowdsourcing to unlock the potential of biodiversity collections for research and education. Justin Schell talks to researchers and volunteers involved in the Notes From Nature project, which is one of the largest crowdsourcing projects focused on natural history information.
Projects mentioned in this episode:
Other transcription platforms to visit:
- Smithsonian Digital Volunteers Transcription Center
- Library of Congress – By the People
- DigiVol (Australia)
- Les herbanoutes (Paris Herbarium)
A complete transcript of this episode can be found as a PDF.
About the Podcast
Citizen Science: Stories of Science We Can All Do Together is a podcast from SciStarter. This show spotlights the many different ways that individuals and communities are exploring and changing the world around them through public participation in science. Episodes feature conversations between project developers and volunteers, with subjects ranging from climate change to biodiversity to Alzheimer’s research to community science projects focused on environmental justice and much more. These conversations showcase the important relationships that make these projects successful, what kinds of problems and questions these projects are trying to address and how you can get involved.
Our co-hosts are Justin Schell, a librarian and media producer, and Caroline Nickerson, the Managing Editor of SciStarter’s Syndicated Blog Network and the Community Manager of Citizen Science Day.
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