kits, Programs, & Templates
Program Templates
Citizen Science in New York State Libraries GBBC.pdfGreat Backyard Bird Count Template
Citizen Science in New York State Libraries New York State Tick Blitz.pdfNew York State Tick Blitz Template
Citizen Science in New York State Libraries Cloud Gazing Party.pdfCloud Gazing Party Template
Citizen Science Template.pdfCreate Your Own Template!
Kit Building Guides from SciStarter
SciStarter provides step-by-step guides to build your own loanable citizen science kits at your library. Topics include: Exploring Biodiversity, Measuring Light in the Night, Observing Pollinators, Monitoring Air Quality, and more!
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Project Discovery and Participation
Find lots more project ideas here! For region-specific projects, check out our NYS Citizen Science page.
Birdwatching kits: Binoculars, field guides, data collection sheets.
bioblitzes (events focused on identifying as many species as possible in a specific area at a specific time).
Literary Citizen Science Projects
Library of Congress "By the People" Program: help the LoC transcribe, review, and tag digitized historical documents.
#CiteNLM Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon: Spread the magic of credible sources in events to cite the National Library of Medicine in relevant Wikipedia articles.
The Lives of Literary Characters: Annotate literary characters to build AI that better understands human storytelling.
Small World of Words: A study on how the brain stores the meaning of words, open to all ages.
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