Webinar

Let's do the Bioblitz! - Community Science in your Library

Image of trillium, taken by Anne Moser during the 2024 Great Lakes Bioblitz.

Photos courtesy of Wisconsin Sea Grant and Anne Moser

Incorporating Bioblitzs and Libraries

A bioblitz is a community science event that collects biodiversity information about a particular geographic area, over a particular time period. It is also a low cost, easy way to explore the public spaces in our backyards, neighborhoods, anywhere in our community. Libraries are perfect hosts for a bioblitz! You can engage your library patrons in their community and contribute to the scientific body of knowledge!

Anne Moser, librarian and avid bioblitzer, gave an overview of community science and bioblitzing and shared hints and tips on ways to host a bioblitz in your library.

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About your presenter

Anne Moser has been senior special librarian and education coordinator for Wisconsin Sea Grant since 2008 where she manages the print and digital collections of the Wisconsin Water Library at the UW Madison and specializes in bringing Great Lakes literacy to the youngest learners through her library story time programs. As education coordinator, she coordinates professional learning experiences for formal and non-formal educators, including shipboard experiences and virtual and in-person workshops. Moser has a BA in Spanish and Art History and a MA in Library and Information Studies.