The document discusses different models for integrating public participation into institutions like museums and libraries. It examines moving from a traditional top-down model to a more collaborative model. It outlines three levels of public participation in citizen science: contributory projects where the public contributes data, collaborative projects where the public also helps with design and analysis, and co-created projects where scientists and the public work together on all aspects of a project. The document advocates balancing internal expertise at these institutions with external public expertise and looks to different models in science for how to structure public participation. It provides some examples from the New York Public Library of applying contributory, collaborative and co-created models of participation.

1. The Institution and the
Crowd
Josh Greenberg
Director, Digital Strategy and Scholarship
The New York Public Library
@epistemographer

2. Traditional model:
museum/library as
authority

4. 2.0!

5. OMG!

6. EVERYTHING’S
DIFFERENT!!

10. Professional vs. Not
mac vs. pc

11. Danger

12. Throwing out baby
(knowledge) with bathwater
(“oppressive” one-way flow)

17. Need to define
next paradigm

18. Balance internal and
external expertise(s),
value both

20. Look to science for
models

21. Gentleman science

22. Professionalization

23. Professionalization
=
creation of “public”

24. Expert / lay
relationship?

25. Professional
knowledge?

26. Public Understanding
of Science

27. Citizen science

31. http://bit.ly/cAF0MC

32. 3 models for public
participation in science:
• Contributory projects, which are generally designed by
scientists and for which members of the public primarily
contribute data
• Collaborative projects, which are generally designed by
scientists and for which members of the public contribute
data but also may help to refine project design, analyze data,
or disseminate findings
• Co-created projects, which are designed by scientists
and members of the public working together and for which
at least some of the public participants are actively involved
in most or all steps of the scientific process.

33. Can citizen science map
onto the humanities?
Onto the arts?

35. Design

36. Design:
New website

41. http://sourceforge.net/
projects/infomaki/

42. Design:
Homework Help

46. Iterative design/testing
with students, teachers

47. Collections / Data

48. Data:
Homework Help

50. Data:
historical maps

59. scale of problem

60. How?

61. answer: deputize

62. first example: students
in Map Division

64. http://maps.nypl.org

66. role of curator:
community organizer

68. Data:
Candide 2.0

73. http://candide.nypl.org/text/

74. Back to original
question:

75. How to embrace both
internal and external
expertise?

76. Contributory:
Georectification
Homework Help search data
Usability Testing
Collaborative:
Candide 2.0
Extracting geo features
Co-created:
Homework Help widgets

77. Professional Public

78. Professional Public
Amateur/
Enthusiast