Author: Robin Salthouse

Robin Salthouse recently retired as an Adult Services Supervisor Librarian at Maricopa County Library District in Arizona. During the last two years, she served as public library liaison for an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant which is funding Arizona State University (ASU) and SciStarter's project, Libraries as Community Hubs for Citizen Science. The project worked with six Phoenix Valley libraries, and their communities to develop, create, and now check out five kits with tools, and directions that allow patrons to gather, and submit data. The kits and subsequent data submissions have successfully helped several research projects. Current and future grant goals are to scale the kits throughout Arizona and U.S. libraries. Robin, now a Kingston, Washington resident serves as a consultant to both ASU and SciStarter.