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02604aam a22004218i 4500 001 8B96C654A13B11E4B29A92D7DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150121010045 008 140617s2014 oru b s001 0aeng 010 $a 2014023892 020 $a 0870717529 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780870717529 (pbk. : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)880566620 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BDX $d BTCTA $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UOK $d VP@ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a QH31.R827 $b R87 2014 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Russell, Sharman Apt, $e author. 245 10 $a Diary of a citizen scientist : $b chasing tiger beetles and other new ways of engaging the world / $c Sharman Apt Russell. 263 $a 1410. 264 1 $a Corvallis : $b Oregon State University Press, $c 2014. 300 $a 222 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a In the exploding world of citizen science, hundreds of thousands of volunteers are monitoring climate change, tracking bird migration, and following their bliss counting stardust for NASA or excavating mastodons. The sheer number of citizen scientists, combined with new technology, has begun to shape how research is conducted. Non-professionals become acknowledged experts: dentists turn into astronomers and accountants into botanists. Diary of a Citizen Scientist is a timely exploration of this phenomenon, told through the lens of nature writer Sharman Apt Russell's yearlong study of a little-known species, the Western red-bellied tiger beetle. In a voice both humorous and lyrical, Russell recounts her persistent and joyful tracking of an insect she calls "charismatic," "elegant," and "fierce." Patrolling the Gila River in southwestern New Mexico, collector's net in hand, she negotiates the realities of climate change even as she celebrates the beauty of a still-wild and rural landscape. 600 10 $a Russell, Sharman Apt. 650 0 $a Naturalists $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women naturalists $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Entomologists $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women entomologists $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women college teachers $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Tiger beetles. 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686. 941 $a 3 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010014909.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826102002.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20150121013835.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8B96C654A13B11E4B29A92D7DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search