Public Library Of Youngstown & Mahoning County: Science For Everyone!

Press release from the Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County:

Sara Churchill

April 15th, 2021

The month of April is Citizen Science Month, and April 16th is Citizen Science Day.  If you enjoy science, there are lots of projects where you can help out. Any person in the world can participate with helping to researchers gain insights about all sorts of topics from the environment through health.  And, best of all, lots of these projects just involve playing games online!

Starting at 2:00AM on Friday, April 16th, through 1:59 AM on Saturday, April 17th, there is a Gaming 4 Science Day Event. You can learn more about the many online science games which will actually be providing helpful research at NLM SciStarter.

For more about Citizen Science, check out this video:

There are lots more events occurring throughout April, and actually, throughout the year! Many are posted on the SciStarter website, but you can always search online and locate other websites to check out.  CitizenScience.gov is the official U.S. Government Citizen Science website. The European Union has an official CitizenScience website as well. Plus, many science agencies and organizations post citizen science projects on their websites.  For example, the NOAA has these two citizen science projects currently listed: Cyclone Center and CrowdMag. NASA has lots of projects on their webpage. And not all citizen science projects involve sitting at a computer, check out the many projects available in Ohio from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources! And finally, another great site to visit to locate citizen science projects is Zooniverse.

The library has both print and ebooks about becoming a Citizen Scientist and joining in with Citizen Science projects:

And for those who want to learn more about the science in general, you can always check out the library’s Science & Technology Resources, such as:

So all you science fans and anyone who wants to make a difference, I hope you join in with one of the many Citizen Science projects available this year!

Sara Churchill

Sara Churchill is the Digital Services Specialist and Assistant Supervisor in the Information Services Department at Main Library. A major fan of technology devices and computer research resources at work, she enjoys helping everyone learn to use their devices and the library's many online resources.  She loves reading Science Fiction/Fantasy books, British cozy mysteries, True Crime and other true stories, plus a past reader of horror fiction by the likes of Stephen King and John Saul (among others).  Also, she’s a big fan of Sci-fi, action, horror, spaghetti westerns, and based-on-a-true story movies.  Her blogs are for adults and the entire family to enjoy reading and trying out the many online resources free for PLYMC library cardholders to use.

This press release was produced by the Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County. The views expressed here are the author’s own.