Academic Libraries and Public Engagement With Science and Technology

Informationen zum Autor The author is currently the Health & Life Sciences Librarian at the Universities at Shady Grove. Previously, she oversaw the Naturalist Center at the California Academy of Sciences, a natural history museum, aquarium and planetarium. The author has a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and Biology from Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, a Master in Environmental Studies from York University, Toronto, and a Master of Arts in Library and Information Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has authored several publications, including the book Exploring Environmental Science with Children and Teens (ALA Editions, 2014), and a chapter, “Learning about Future STEM Careers,? in the book How to STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education in Libraries (Scarecrow Press, 2014). She created the webliography “STEM Education in the United States: Selected Web Resources,? in 2015 in the journal, Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (doi: 10.5062/F47S7KS6).

List of contents

1. Introduction
2. Makerspaces
3. Workshops and Courses
4. Programming and Outreach
5. Citizen Science
6. Data Services
7. Open Science

Product details

• Authors: Harrington, Eileen Harrington, Eileen (Priddy Library Harrington
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780081021248
• ISBN: 978-0-08-102124-8
• No. of pages: 211
• Series: Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials; Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials; Woodhead Publishing Series in
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Library and information services, Library, archive and information management, Library, Archive & Information Management, Community & outreach services, Academic & specialist libraries, IT, Internet and electronic resources in libraries, IT, Internet & electronic resources in libraries