NLM and Chickens Help Hatch a New Generation of Data Scientists | NLM in Focus

NLM and Chickens Help Hatch a New Generation of Data Scientists | NLM in Focus

NLM and Chickens Help Hatch a New Generation of Data Scientists

07/25/2019 02:37 PM EDT

“Chickens!” Amanda J. Wilson, head of NLM Office of Engagement and Training, said to me earlier this year. “What about chickens?” I asked. A school in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, had a citizen science program funded by an All of Usgrant through the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) and apparently there were chickens. Intrigued, I…