Modiehi Winnie Rammutloa
The missing link: the capacity development for academic librarians to sustain citizen science at university libraries
University of South Africa
purpose paper reports research skills services required ensure sustainability citizen science service university libraries designmethodologyapproach quantitative research design adopted collect data academic librarians questionnaire administered data analysed using statistical package social sciences spss findings 90 responses indicated support citizen science activities important academic librarians acquire information literacy data literacy understanding open science study found citizen science activities require dedicated team continuous capacity development team members findings also indicated though academic librarians knowledge citizen science willing embrace embed services products capacity shortage listed challenge academic librarians promote support citizen science activities originalityvalue study unique reports possible involvement academic librarians field citizen science link academic librarians field citizen science predominant natural sciences positive contribution body scholarship promotes interdisciplinarity