CSSI-AdvancingCitizenScienceSoftwareDataInteroperable Greg Newman Stacy Lynn Russell Scarpino Sarah Newman Louis Leibenberg Justin Steventon 10.6084/m9.figshare.11796636.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/presentation/CSSI-AdvancingCitizenScienceSoftwareDataInteroperable/11796636 Citizen science engages members of the public in science. It advances the progress of science by involving more people and embracing new ideas. Recent projects use software and apps to do science more efficiently. However, existing citizen science software and databases are ad hoc, non-interoperable, non-standardized, and isolated, resulting in data and software siloes that hamper scientific advancement. This project will develop new software and integrate existing software, apps, and data for citizen science - allowing expanded discovery, appraisal, exploration, visualization, analysis, and reuse of software and data. Over the three phases, the software of two platforms, CitSci.org and CyberTracker, will be integrated and new software will be built to integrate and share additional software and data. The project will: (1) broaden the inclusivity, accessibility, and reach of citizen science; (2) elevate the value and rigor of citizen science data; (3) improve interoperability, usability, scalability and sustainability of citizen science software and data; and (4) mobilize data to allow cross-disciplinary research and meta-analyses. 2020-02-03 23:57:28 NSF-CSSI-2020-Talk citizen science observations Citizen Science Data Citizen science projects Climate Science Ecology Environmental Education and Extension Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental Monitoring Environmental Science Hydrology Invasive Species Ecology Natural Resource Management Wildlife and Habitat Management