Citizen Science Isn't Enough Science For Citizens
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - 16:03
in Mathematics & Economics
Via GenomeWeb's Daily Scan, some comments on the prospects for citizen science in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Only one of the three appears to be an actual research scientist, but they make good points about the role of citizen science in research. For example, Clifford A. Lynch, Director, Coalition for Networked information: I'm not wild about the term "crowdsourcing" and I think it's actually important to disentangle the developments. read more